{"product_id":"9781643753171-expect-great-things","title":"Expect Great Things!","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow the Katharine Gibbs School Revolutionized the American Workplace for Women\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMad Men\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eCode Girls\u003c\/i\u003e in this fun and fascinating social history of the famed Katharine Gibbs School, which trained women for executive secretary jobs but surreptitiously instilled the self-confidence and strategic know-how necessary to claim equality, power, and authority in the wider world from the 1910s through the 1960s.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA fun and fascinating social history of the famed Katharine Gibbs School, which from the 1910s to the 1960s, trained women for executive secretary positions but surreptitiously was instilling the self-confidence and strategic know-how necessary for them to claim equality, power, and authority in the wider world.  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's a safe bet that most of the secretaries on the TV series \u003ci\u003eMad Men\u003c\/i\u003e would have attended the Katharine Gibbs School in New York City. The iconic institution was in its heyday synonymous with supplying secretaries-always properly attired in heels, ladylike hats, and white gloves-to male executives. In \u003ci\u003eExpect Great Things!\u003c\/i\u003e Vanda Krefft turns the notion of a \"Gibbs girl\" on its head, showing us that while the school was getting women who could type 120 words per minute \u003ci\u003einto\u003c\/i\u003e the C-suite, its more subversive mission was to get them \u003ci\u003eout of \u003c\/i\u003ethe secretarial pool to assume positions of power on the other side of the desk. And Gibbs graduates did just that, paving the way for 21st-century women to succeed in any profession they choose.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKatharine Gibbs was one her own success stories. She started her school when, as a 46-year-old widow, she was left near-broke with two young sons. The school taught typing and stenography but Gibbs also hired accomplished professors from elite colleges to teach academic subjects-it was a well-rounded education that produced early feminists ready to tackle the sexism of their era. \"Expect great things!\" was her motto and her philosophy. Within a decade she'd opened schools in three elegant locations. With nostalgic period photographs throughout, \u003ci\u003eExpect Great Things!\u003c\/i\u003e takes us back to Katie Gibbs's life and tells the stories of the women she influenced. We meet Gibbs graduates who worked for the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Howard Hughes, Walt Disney, Marilyn Monroe. Others forged pathfinding roles as an Emmy-winning television star, a women's rights advisor to four U.S. presidents, a writer of \u003ci\u003eWonder Woman \u003c\/i\u003ecomic books, the head of the Women's Marines, a best-selling young adult author, and a U.S. Ambassador.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor readers of \u003ci\u003eThe Barbizon\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCome Fly the World\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eExpect Great Things! \u003c\/i\u003ereveals the seismic impact the Katharine Gibbs school had on the American workplace-and on women's opportunities today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53540970529142,"sku":"9781643753171","price":22.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_30937090.jpg?v=1729689235","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781643753171-expect-great-things","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}