A certain amount of inspiration is needed in everyone's life at every instant. This is a time when we can do with some ourselves. To that end I was searching for something I can do to give me a boost and I picked on this book of American woman columnists. A very interesting breed of persistent women, many of whom made it into the industry during the world war II when dearth of males made it compulsory for the management to engage women in what was otherwise a very male dominated industry - the press.
It is suprising how much attitude is needed to survive, as much as you need persistent hard work, wit and a voice. A columnist has to contend with many attacks, such as being predictable, being conservative, being a woman and so on and yet has to persist week after week churning out material that is consistent and engaging.
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