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Re: Patricia Elmore, 88, in Sept. 2022 (children's mystery writer & Edgar nominee)

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From: le@main.lekno.ws (Louis Epstein)
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Subject: Re: Patricia Elmore, 88, in Sept. 2022 (children's mystery writer & Edgar nominee)
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2023 19:18:51 -0000 (UTC)
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by: Louis Epstein - Sun, 17 Sep 2023 19:18 UTC

Lenona <lenona321@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> * (With Cynthia Reed) Ginny, the Office Assistant, McGraw, 1967.
> ("Ginny West, an ambitious, hardworking girl, is promoted to the
> job of office assistant which she says is the same as a clerk

What was her previous,lower-ranking position then?
"Office assistant" sounds like a gender-neutral version of
"office boy",which since the Alger era has been archetypally
entry-level.

> typist. Her job is to answer the telephone, open and sort
> mail, and type invoices. She finds office work very satisfying,
> similar to being a member of a large family.")

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Subject	Author
Patricia Elmore, 88, in Sept. 2022 (children's mystery writer & Edgar nominee)	Louis Epstein