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The Daughter Also Rises
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17719 |
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LIFE
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6 / 1990 |
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Steven Kaplan
Steven Kaplan is a widely published writer living in St. Paul,
Minnesota, and a contributing editor of St. Paul magazine. |
The path for children interested in the family business used to be predictable: Daddy's young man took over the firm and Daddy's little girl got married. Most fathers hoped to add an "and son" to their names, but no self-respecting businessman would add and "add daughter." An late as the 1950s it was considered odd if a woman wanted to leave home or go to work at all. Maybe it was OK for the unmarried, but if a mother entered the working world it was deemed nothing short of scandalous.
Then came the revolution. Today's women, whether mothers or not, are much more a part of the work force. But while women have made inroads into the American workplace, they have been less successful in penetrating the bastions of the family business. Women seem to be able to convince potential bosses that they can do a good job, as long as those hiring aren't their fathers. The attitudes of daddies toward their little girls die hard.
Robbed By the Bank
Take the case of Jessica Wolfson (not her real name), whose father owns a bank in the Midwest. Although her brother was not the slightest bit interested in banking, Wolfson was fascinated. She began working in her father's bank at age thirteen, and by the time she was twenty knew literally every facet of the business. After graduating from college, she asked her father to give her a job and a title commensurate with her knowledge. Her father, though hesitant, finally granted her one: management trainee.
"I should have taught management trainees," Wolfson says, "not been one. I just circulated around the bank
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