And I couldn't really face that, so I started to challenge the conventions of the time, even to the extent of changing my name from "Stephanie" to "Steve" in my business development letters, so as to get through the door before anyone realized that he was a she.
Eu não conseguia me conformar com aquilo e comecei a desafiar as convenções da época, a ponto de mudar meu nome, de "Stephanie" para "Steve", nas correspondências da empresa, saindo correndo pela porta antes que percebessem que "ele" era "ela".