Category: Working 9-5
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Be a Working Woman!
Working Woman Barbara and Jim Dale 1985 For a hot minute, I thought this Jim Dale was the actor who read the Harry Potter series on audio books. I was wrong. This Jim Dale partnered with his then wife Barbara Dale and made a few of these humor/cartoon books about…
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One man’s loss is another man’s groin
Keys to Mortgage Financing and Refinancing Barron’s Business Keys Friedman and Harris 1993 Okay, I admit I picked this one just for the cover. Then I sent it to Holly and she came up with a brilliant title. See above. Although Holly and I are professionals with more than 20…
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Women’s Work
The Best Way in the World for a Woman to Make Money King 1979 This is one of those relics from the 1970s giving women some career advice. This time it is for a sales career. The book’s general premise is that a sales career can give women a serious…
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Retro Nursing
What It’s Like to Be a Nurse Shay 1972 This book looks familiar. I think we featured it, but I can’t find it in our archives. It is a career book that is way past its prime. The narrative follows three nursing students through their program to graduation. As a…
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Having it all
Having It All A Practical Guide to Managing a Home and a Career Gabriel and Baldwin 1980 I would have jumped on any book like this back in the day. Of course my older wiser self recognizes that no one has it all. What is interesting is how this author…
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A Forgotten Skill
A New Review of Pitman Shorthand Coombs 1970 (reprint 1975) I took shorthand a century ago and nearly failed. The scratches never looked like anything sensible and I never got near to the speed classmates seemed to manage. I dropped the course. I can’t think of the last time I…
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