"Lillian glanced over to the other side of the office where a number of reporters, oblivious to everything going on about them, were hammering out news stories on the typewriters. She saw Marcia Fergeson, one of the best feature story writers on the paper, bending over her machine. Lillian started toward her, and then stopped quickly.

'I won't ask her to tell me how to get the story,' she decided firmly. 'If I can't stand on my own feet by this time, I don't know when I shall ever learn. I must become more resourceful and independent if I don't want to remain the 'cub' reporter for the rest of my life.'" -- "The Story That Was Different" by Mildred Augustine