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To: CougarGA7
That's no school marm. It's Marguerite Sharpe, 22-year-old government girl.

"Six months ago she was a Hollywood stenographer dreaming about getting in the movies. In October, having passed civil service examinatins, she was called to Wahington to work in the Navy's Bureau of Supplies and Accounts."

The profile mentions that the federal workforce grew from 500,000 in June 1933 to 1,000,000 in June 1940. Hmm. What happened in 1933 that set off this expansion?

There is a lot of good stuff in this edition of Life, as usual.

10 posted on 03/10/2011 8:32:15 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

See. I didn’t even get that. I’ve been out of town the last few days so I’m working on getting caught up now.


14 posted on 03/14/2011 2:46:44 PM PDT by CougarGA7
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