Long Row of Switchboard Operators, Bell Telephone Company, Toronto, Ontario 1965 - Photo Credit Michel Lambeth
My father always urged me to work for Ma Bell. He considered it a “ good job” for women.
Isn’t it amazing how much things can change in just a generation? I’m close to 70 years old. Dad was in advertising/marketing. Mum, of course, was a registered nurse.
We encouraged our daughter to pursue what she desired. She’s a professional engineer. At age 32 she’s senior/managing engineer in her department at a large city. If she *wanted* to work for Bell or as a nurse that would’ve been fine, too. But it mattered that she successfully did what she wanted.
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I love that! Especially the “she is happy” part. It’s all we ever really demanded from our kids.