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Because this was her mother, Ms. Opperer was able to work part time while she raised her children — Josh, now 26, and Amy, now 23 — and studied for state exams to get licenses to sell stocks and bonds. "My mother didn't tell me any- thing," Ms. Opperer says. "I didn't feel more intimidated or self-con- scious. Maybe it was safer be- cause she'd say, 'Look, everybody makes mistakes.' She wanted me to be here and I wanted to be here." Although her own mother was ahead of her time, urging her daughters to be self-reliant, Ms. Grosberg started with nothing. Jewish women didn't divorce in 1957. They didn't work as stock brokers, either. She did — without financial compensation at first. Fortunately, the company, Baker Simonds, merged with E.F. Hutton, which "nurtured" all its employees, including women, blacks and other mi- norities. When that company was taken over by Shearson Lehman, Ms. Grosberg left with other bro- kers for PaineWebber. "I worked three jobs before I made it in the business," she says. Ms. Opperer says her friends considered Ms. Grosberg to be a role model, the kind of woman one aspires to be after the children are grown and out of the house. "My kids see her as a very strong personality, as do my friend's," Ms. Opperer says. She says she's learned from her moth- er that sometimes it's better to be diplomatic than to say what's on your mind. "Had I worked with somebody else, I don't know if I would've learned that lesson," she says. Since her own divorce three years ago, Ms. Opperer has made it something of a specialty teach- ing other women who find them- selves alone how to manage their money. Like any good team, mother and daughter have distinct talents and an almost preter- natural instinct about the oth- er. "I'm the rainmaker," Ms. Op- perer says, referring to her skill in bringing in new clients. "My mother is a great stock picker. She manages my portfolio." Ms. Grosberg admires her daughter's "insightfulness, her common sense, her ability with people. "Once you're dealing one on one, as a peer, it creates a more sympathetic viewpoint. It's like sharing growing pains," she says. For herself, Ms. Opperer says, "I learned I had more capabilities than I thought I had." But working with her mother has not been without its prob- lems. "We are strong personalities and it isn't always easy. But there's security. This is your part- ner for life," she says. PAUL AND DEBBY FEINBERG His specialty is vision, but Paul C. Feinberg didn't foresee his daughter becoming a profes- sional peer. Debby Feinberg saw from an early age that her father loved what he did. And she admired and respected him. That natu- rally added up to her choice of career, alongside her dad. "I used to be Dr. Feinberg un- til she came along," Paul says, noting that since Debby joined his business 13 years ago, col- leagues and patients call him "Dr. Paul." She is "Dr. Debby." Paul, former president of United Hebrew Schools, has op- erated the Michigan Optical and Hearing Center in Summit Place MR11 for 34 years, or since the Waterford Township mall opened. He's the last remaining original tenant. Debby, 38, assisted in the store during her summers. She reck- ons that her interest in eye care stems partially from having bad eyes. She got her first pair of eye- glasses at the age of 8. That and exposure from a young age to the optometry pro- fession. "I have five children and these discussions would go on at the dinner table. I always talked about the happy health care pro- fession," Paul says. When she decided to attend optometry school in Illinois, her father bragged about it. "I still do," he says. After Debby graduated, she joined Michigan Optical as a full- time employee. At the beginning, Paul says, "We were both very tentative be- cause we didn't want to do any- thing that would compromise the closeness of the family." He had heard "horror stories" about family businesses and didn't want theirs to become another casualty of petty infighting and sour contempt bred by familiar- ity. And, he admits, he felt some trepidation that his patients would not readily accept treat- ment by a female optometrist. Not so long ago, women were rare in the profession. c_\ •