The curious stories behind Secretary’s Day

This Saturday 4 of September is celebrated on the day of Secretary in Argentina, an essential task that is historically linked to women, since it is a function that this genre mainly fulfills. But why is it celebrated?

The story has two very specific origins. The first is shrouded in mystery and has never been proven. According to what they say, in the 19th century, during the second stage of the industrial revolution, Christopher Sholes invented the typewriter and his daughter Lilian was one of the first people to verify the effectiveness of the invention.

The woman used it to write in public and thus became the first to practice typing. Years later, this Dated was chosen to commemorate this historic day, and then each country established its own Secretary’s Day.

On the other hand, the second version indicates the beginning of this celebration with the year 1942, when in the United States the rights of these workers were recognized and the National Association of Secretaries was established.

From there, the president of the group, María Barret, organized a meeting in 1952 between all her companions and together they fixed a date in honor of their work: “The National Week of Secretaries”, currently known as Secretary’s Day. .

Si bien la celebración hacia esta función es a nivel mundial cada 4 de septiembre, cada país lo realiza en diversas fechas: Colombia, Costa Rica, República Dominicana, El Salvador, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Panamá, Bolivia y Perú optaron por el 26 April. While Venezuela and Brazil do it on September 30 and Mexico celebrates it on June 16. Argentina and Uruguay remain with the original date.