Marylin Burke

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Marylin C. Burke
NationalityAmerican
Other namesMarilyn Burke; Marylin C. Burke
Occupation(s)Author and secretary

Marylin C. Burke was a secretary to Dale and Dorothy Carnegie. [1] She was allowed to accompany Dale Carnegie to the (usually) all-male meeting of Brooklyn Rotary Club in 1955.

She wrote The Executive Secretary: techniques for success in a secretarial career (Doubleday, New York, 216pp) a guidebook published in 1959 that cautions against demonstrations of female sexuality in the office. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Berebitsky, Julie (2006). "The Joy of Work: Helen Gurley Brown, Gender, and Sexuality in the White-Collar Office". Journal of the History of Sexuality. 15 (1): 89–127. doi:10.1353/sex.2006.0047.