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From Connecticut schoolteacher to corporate vice president — by way of the computer revolution. When Bonny Robinson Cook was growing up, her dream was simple: become a teacher. But life had bigger plans. In Breaking Through the Glass Ceiling, Traveling the World, and Other Adventures, published in 2016, she tells how she became one of the pioneering women who smashed the barriers that once kept women from the top of business.
Cook’s story is one of bold reinvention: after college she moved to California, discovered the brand-new world of computer programming — then an almost entirely male field — and built a career at its frontier. It is a first-person account of what it took for a woman to rise in corporate America before anyone was talking about glass ceilings.
Inspiring and refreshingly specific. For women in business, tech history buffs, and anyone contemplating a brave second act.
From Connecticut teacher to corporate vice president
When Bonny Robinson Cook was growing up in Connecticut, her dream was simple: become a teacher. But life had bigger plans. In Breaking Through the Glass Ceiling, Traveling the World, and Other Adventures, published in 2016, she tells how she became one of the pioneering women who broke through the barriers that once kept women from rising to the top in business.
Cook’s story is one of bold reinvention. After graduating college with teaching credentials, she moved to California, discovered the brand-new world of computer programming — then an almost entirely male field — and built a career in tech. In 1973 she joined Xerox, where her talent and determination carried her all the way to vice president. Along the way she traveled the world, gathering adventures that enriched her journey as much as her career did.
Warm, candid, and inspiring, this memoir celebrates how far women have come while honoring the pioneers who made it possible.
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- Women building careers in business and tech.
- Readers who love memoirs of reinvention and adventure.
- Anyone who needs proof that it’s never too late to change course.
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A trailblazer’s story that still resonates today.
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