Personal History

""I think being a woman may have been a drawback for the job--unless you're a career woman, which I wasn't.'' . . .

My generation of women really didn't have the seriousness to work. Girls now are more serious about their careers.'' . . .

""Would I urge that a woman be appointed to an executive job? I haven't really been faced with that. But I think it's a matter of appropriateness. I can't see a woman as managing editor of a newspaper ...

""I guess it's a man's world ... In the world today, men are more able than women at executive work and in certain situations. I think a man would be better at this job I'm in than a woman.''

The day the Women's Wear piece appeared, Elsie Carper, the longtime Post reporter and editor, and my friend, marched fiercely into my office and said--in response to the last line--""Do you really believe that? Because, if you do, I quit.''

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