Big bosses : a working girl's memoir of Jazz Age America /

Sharp resourceful, and with a style all her own, Althea Altemus embodied the spirit of the independent working woman of the Jazz Age. In her memoir, Big Bosses, she vividly recounts her life as a secretary for prominent (but thinly disguised) employers in Chicago, Miami, and New York during the late...

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Main Author:	Altemus, Althea McDowell, 1885-1965 (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Other Authors:	Bachin, Robin Faith (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/wac), Hoffman, Joel M. (writer of foreword)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2016
Subjects:	Altemus, Althea McDowell, > 1885-1965 Altemus, Althea McDowell, > 1885-1965 > ^A3524980 Businessmen > United States Nineteen twenties > ^A1365360 Nineteen twenties Rich people > United States > ^A2527770 Rich people > United States Secretaries > United States > Biography Single mothers > United States > Biography Working mothers > United States > Biography Businessmen Rich people Secretaries Working mothers BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Business BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical HISTORY / United States / 20th Century SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies United States > Social conditions > 1918-1932 > ^A1071712 United States > Social conditions > 1918-1932 United States > Social life and customs > 1918-1945 > ^A1071730 United States > Social life and customs > 1918-1945 United States Autobiographies Autobiographies > ^A3314272 Biographies Biography

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