Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ihuxf.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!ihuxf!features From: features@ihuxf.UUCP (M.A. Zeszutko) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: "Kelly Girls" Message-ID: <2606@ihuxf.UUCP> Date: Fri, 24-May-85 14:59:03 EDT Article-I.D.: ihuxf.2606 Posted: Fri May 24 14:59:03 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 25-May-85 08:14:26 EDT References: <496@ucsfcgl.UUCP> <857@druxo.UUCP> <499@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> <27@yale.ARPA> <185@weitek.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 17 > > One thing that everyone seems to have forgotten is that Kelley Services has > been around for a LONG time -- it started back when the idea of women as > office workers was viewed with great suspicion. Their successful "Kelley > Girl" campaign helped get women accepted in the workplace. > > -- Robert A bit of historical trivia here: I heard recently that a Fortune 100 company would not allow men's and women's coats to be in the same closet together. The reasoning? Some of her hair might get on his coat and cause him trouble with his wife! Nothing beats being treated like a professional... -- aMAZon @ AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL; ihnp4!ihuxf!features