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P§S\T YORK — “I went through
I knew I was talented, but I
^Hcnow where or how,” says
Rubacky, a mother of eight
!ame a successful career con-
v; dilated between thinking
^Btastic’ and Tm nothing. I
| kriow anything. says the 46-
oll wife of an orthopedic sur-
iin Montclair, N.J.
■
“I didn’t want to choose.”
^■ew I wanted a professional-
1 jqb, and I wanted my family,
I didn’t want to choose, and I
n’t
1 m >rie began her career three
isap> as a consumer affairs direc-
orabank. She was promoted to
lutit' manager in the marketing
iioi
ill, graceful and poised, she cm
Jy is senior associate here for
Eer Management Associates,
re die counsels people seeking
Bonal jobs and making career
“cl oelonBorie had her bachelor s de-
; HuddcB English and half the credits
5 Spei !r( l a master’s in theology. She
Jhad a career and worked
fly as a congressional aide before
Krriage 23 years ago.
he tlid extensive volunteer work,
from organizing charity balls
H ^Hiinghigh school sex education
■veloping curriculum for reli-
is sludies.
to Miithad really wanted to raise a fain-
will b slje says, “and I have no regrets,
■verlyt deeply in love with my husband.
Biiiidiii-pnf four years ago my last child
Hr or five, and I began to feel a
ston | vingneed to feel more entlmsias-
1 talk Wtmfiew I wanted a job but didn’t
\ Theonf the vaguest idea what.
^ <K p) Marjorie discovered skills,
in LneiS
he took a career planning course
H company where she now
m ® n "“■Sherealized she had skills in
llt 1 )I1 larch, analysis, organization and
Hnication.
ditinPeH^ women acquire skills in
' ‘ f volunteer work but don’t give
e bnginHjlves credit because they
n’tjget paid, she says.
ayproi?<pp n she first talked about going
:m willfctMj) work, her husband, Gerald,
duhtoi .encouraged her but didn’t think
was ambitious for a career,
loin (] h (wasn’t easy, Marjorie says.
.... ■irst time I came home later
() |- 2^® did, he said we couldn’t have
®at the home came first,
t[first it was difficult to grasp,
all, I didn’t have to work. I had
ce life. He may have wondered,
lat more do you want? Isn’t this
ugh 0 ’
jiink it may have brought up
e resentment and fear in asking:
she going to let a career come
ween us and our marriage?
ney are adjusting, and Marjorie
iks their marriage is stronger for
“If I want to walk out, I can walk
out. I think that’s something every
woman should feel.
“You wake up and you’re suddenly
financially independent. You don t
need a husband to survive. I think
our marriage is better.”
Marjorie is usually up by 6 a.m.,
works long hours and occasional
nights and weekends. She doesn’t
have much vacation. Gone are the
days, she says, “when I was home at
6 p.m., perfumed and waiting.”
Gone, also, are the days when her
husband got out early from surgery
and both went to New York for lunch
and movies.
They don’t have an active social
life, maybe dinner out once a week
and a rare dinner with friends.
Her eight children are used to
looking after each other, and the six
now at home, aged nine to 18, make a
greater effort to make the household
run.
But Marjorie worried at first
whether she should leave them for
work. At first, they greeted her plans
with disbelief, she says. Now, they
joke with her, saying, “Gee, Mom,
nice of you to stop by. Nice to see
you.”
“Gee, Mom, nice to see you.”
H er husband spends more time
with the children and attends their
school conferences.
He takes an interest in the house
and new carpeting and makes sure
he has clean socks.
After all, Marjorie says, “this
home isn’t mine. It’s ours. Tim not
the chief of laundry services. ”
Even with a maid, Marjorie says,
“the house is a mess. I’ve lost track of
who owns what clothes.
“Tm just beginning my career. I
feel ambitious,” she says. “I don’t
know where I’ll end up, but I know it
will be a steady upward march. I th
rive on the business world.
“My intention from the beginning
was to have a career and not to give
up anything, not my husband or my
family life. I think we can have it all . ”
Symphony
Douglas Winship
Members of the Houston Symphony
Orchestra, under the musical direction of
Lawrence Foster, performed Bach’s
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 last night.
The remainder of the orchestra joined
them for other pieces in the concert
in Rudder Auditorium.
Consol committee
to make decision
about class space
The Citizen’s Advisory Commit
tee of the A&M Consolidated School
Board will decide at its next meeting
whether to propose to the school
board to incorporate 5th and 6th
grades in the old Middle School site
or to build a new elementary school.
The Thursday night meeting,
Feb. 5, will be at 7:00p.m. at the old
Middle School Board Room. It will
also be open to the public.
At its meeting last night the com
mittee, along with the superinten
dent and the architect, clarified
questions among themselves con
cerning the cost of building
classrooms or remodeling.
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