{"product_id":"expect-great-things-how-the-katharine-gibbs-school-revolutionized-the-american-workplace-for-women-hardcover","title":"Expect Great Things!: How the Katharine Gibbs School Revolutionized the American Workplace for Women - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVanda Krefft\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\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\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It'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 in the 1950 and '60s 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 90 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, tackling the sexism of the era and paving the way for 21st-century women to succeed in any profession. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Katharine 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 Walt Disney, Marilyn Monroe, and Robert F. Kennedy. 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVanda Krefft\u003c\/b\u003e has written about women's issues and popular culture for leading national magazines, including \u003ci\u003eElle, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eRedbook\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWoman's Day\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWoman's World, \u003c\/i\u003e as well as newspapers worldwide through syndication. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Made the Movies, \u003c\/i\u003e the first in-depth biography of Twentieth Century Fox founder William Fox. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.14 x 9.19 x 6.36 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 04, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978182983981,"sku":"9781643753171","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/pgoKM1YzvK9781643753171.webp?v=1775800886","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/expect-great-things-how-the-katharine-gibbs-school-revolutionized-the-american-workplace-for-women-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}