Today is Administrative Assistants Day, or Administrative Professionals Day as some refer to it. However, the original name was National Secretaries Day and was created in 1952 through the work of Harry Klemfuss. He wanted to recognize the importance and value of the secretarial position to the company or business, and management.
Klenfussâ goal in creating this day was to encourage more women to become secretaries. (Nowadays, that would be both women and men.) Using his skill and experience in public relations, Klemfuss, promoted the values and importance of the job that secretaries do. In doing so, he also created the holiday in recognition of the importance of secretaries.