She worked at the
Instituto Argentino de Normalización y Certificación (IRAM), and was appointed Director in 1953. There she dedicated herself to standardisation, setting up the process for applications for the IRAM seal of approval. As Technical Director of IRAM, on 6 April 1957 she gave a speech on the standardisation of materials for LS-10 Radio Libertad, stating that standardisation was the way to improve productivity, as it offered "a true economic benefit and a better standard of living." Ghirelli's task was to raise awareness of and convince the production and consumption sectors of the advantages of adopting quality mark systems. Her work would take her beyond Argentina, promoting the formation of a Pan-American Committee of Technical Standards. The
Comisión Panamericana de Normas Técnicas (COPANT) (the Pan American Commission for Technical Standards) was created in 1949 in
São Paulo. At their 27 April 1961 meeting in
Montevideo, Beatriz Ghirelli de Ciaburri was appointed General Secretary, and became the nerve centre of the organisation. She was later appointed Honorary Secretary in 1988. She was called Doña Beatriz, and sometimes referred to as "The Iron Lady", as she did not shy away from hard work or controversy, often being the lone woman amongst men for much of her career. == Personal life ==