Liz, you were fabulous as the Tech Queen! Would you share which buttons to press to add our photos to accompany our responses? I see some women have figured it out … but I’m only a Tech Princess;-) Thank you.

Your piece goes into my “how to write” file … what a beautiful, inspiring story you conveyed in only 100 words!

In 1977 I worked as a clerk for a large city newspaper. A similar job held by a male colleague paid 12 cents more an hour and would soon be available. I gingerly approached the head of the department, feet up on his desk reading People Magazine. “Why would you want that job?” he asked. “Because I’m working my way to become a reporter.” But “it’s tough for girls to become reporters,” he informed me, shaking his head. “Well, I’m going to try.” I didn’t get the pennies-more-per-hour “boy” job … so I quit to work for the smaller, hipper, competing newspaper in the same building. In 18 months, I became a reporter. It was truly gratifying when Mr. People Magazine sheepishly delivered ads to our floor and I would cheerfully call out his name and wave to him!

Saved now in my Netflix queue. Thank you, Shirley;-) You’re the best!

As a girl in the late 60s-early 70s, here’s my Mt. Rushmore: Mary Tyler Moore, Elizabeth Montgomery, Marlo Thomas and Barbara Eden! As a young woman in the mid-70s-early 80s, Bella Abzug, Gloria Steinem, Geraldine Ferraro, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross