First part of a three-part story from Uniform Girls 21 The highly polished mahogany table top of the Senior Management Room reflects coffee cups, glasses, bottles of Malvern Spring Water; also jackets and ties, and the faces which top them. Male faces. There has never been a woman sitting at this table, except for the Managing Director’s secretary who sometimes takes notes at meetings. Never. Not of course that the company is in any way sexist, or that those round the table can in any way be accused of the sin of misogyny. Oh no. Or at least that is what they will all vehemently proclaim. It is just… well, there has never been a member of the fair sex who could in any real way be considered. No one with any sort of training or background. No one with that special ability to command. Not in all the company’s years. Until now. Elaine Simford. Elaine Simford (Ms) is 27. She is a graduate of London University in Business Studies a...