In Honor of Secretary's Day: Great Secretaries of the Past 100 Years

In honor of Secretary's Day: Great Secretaries of the Last 100 years
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Rose Mary Woods
You can't spell secretary without secret, and no one knew this better than Rose Mary Woods. The inventor of the "Rose Mary stretch," Woods stayed loyal to her boss, President Richard Nixon, until the very end, even taking responsibility for the mysterious disappearance of 18.5 minutes of Watergate tapes.

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