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Hortense Odlum was an American business executive who became the first female president of the iconic department store Bonwit Teller. Her leadership during the Great Depression helped the company survive and thrive in a challenging economic environment. Odlum was a trailblazer for women in business, breaking through the glass ceiling and paving the way for future generations of female executives. Her success story remains an inspiring example of determination and leadership.
"How many wives have been forced by the death of well-intentioned but too protective husbands to face reality late in life, bewildered and frightened because they were strangers to it!"
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"How many wives have been forced by the death of well-intentioned but too protective husbands to face reality late in life, bewildered and frightened because they were strangers to it!"

Death, Life, Husbands, Reality
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"No life if it is properly realized is without its cosmic importance."
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"No life if it is properly realized is without its cosmic importance."

Life, Importance
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"If a person goes to his job with a firm determination to give of himself the best of which he is capable, that job no matter what it is takes on dignity and importance."
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"If a person goes to his job with a firm determination to give of himself the best of which he is capable, that job no matter what it is takes on dignity and importance."

Determination, Dignity, Importance, Job
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"It seemed pathetic and terrible to me and it still does, that men and women work eight hours a day at jobs that bring them no joy, no reward save a few dollars."
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"It seemed pathetic and terrible to me and it still does, that men and women work eight hours a day at jobs that bring them no joy, no reward save a few dollars."

Men, Women, Work, Day
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"One of the greatest satisfactions one can ever have, comes from the knowledge that he can do some one thing superlatively well."
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"One of the greatest satisfactions one can ever have, comes from the knowledge that he can do some one thing superlatively well."

Knowledge,
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