Why is the Secretary's Day celebrated in Peru

Secretary's Day in Peru is an anniversary of the calendar of celebrations that takes place on April 26 of each year. This date is intended to distinguish the work that these professionals do behind their job and that they are important in all companies.

Secretaries actually do much more than organize papers or the boss's affairs. They are the leaders who, thanks to their small actions, contribute to the functioning, change and development of the organization.

Why is Secretary's Day celebrated in Peru?

The origin of the anniversary of Secretary's Day dates back to the year 1868 when the Americans Carlos Gliden and Christopher Latham Sholes invented the first typewriter. In fact, it was Christopher's daughter, Lilian Sholes , who was the first to use this machine in public on June 23, 1868. Although it does not make her the first secretary in history, it does make her the first typist.

Decades later, in 1950, typewriter manufacturers decided to pay tribute to Lilian Sholes by offering typing courses. However, it was in the 1960s, when the National Association of Secretaries of the United States, promoted by the Remington company; company that bought the invention of Gliden and Sholes and began its commercialization, set the date in remembrance and tribute of Lilian Sholes to celebrate the important role of these people in companies.

In Peru , the Secretary's Day was made official on April 26 at the request of the Peruvian Association of Secretaries, which in compliance with an agreement that the Congress of Argentina made to the Peruvian Government, this made the declaration of the Secretary's Day Through Supreme Decree of the Ministry of Labor in 1980.