
Joan Holloway is the Office Manager at the Sterling Cooper advertising agency. She has said that the only way to succeed in the industry is to be more than just a secretary. Upon discovering fellow secretary Peggy’s promotion to Junior Copywriter, however, Joan encouraged Peggy to recognize where she came from or her new job might become difficult. Joan is engaged to a doctor but before that had an ongoing affair with Roger Sterling; she also had an intimate relationship with Paul Kinsey. Her roommate Carol, whom Joan knows from college, has expressed an interest in Joan too, although Joan ignored her romantic overtures.