1949 Bulletin Cartoon

This cartoon from a 1949 Sandia Labs Bulletin reflects both the male and female stereotypes of the period. Female secretaries were seen as beautiful caretakers and male bosses were helpless without them. The passage of time has modified this view. Secretaries are still invaluable, but now their bosses are sometimes female.

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