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.
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By Vibeke Venema
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The hit comedy 9 to 5, in the US the second-highest grossing film of 1980, saw three female office workers kidnapping their lecherous boss and starting a workplace revolution. But not everyone knows that the film, starring Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton and Lily Tomlin, was inspired by a real-life movement to empower women in the workplace.
Karen Nussbaum s favourite scene in the film 9 to 5 is when Violet (Lily Tomlin), Doralee (Dolly Parton) and Judy (Jane Fonda) are in a cocktail bar, drowning their sorrows after a hard day at the office. Violet has been overlooked for promotion once again, Doralee is being sexually harassed by their boss, and Judy is upset that a colleague was unjustly fired.