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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When I graduated from a Seven Sister college in the mid 70's the country was going through a recession. Most of my friends worked secretarial jobs until they went back to graduate school.  The management trainee jobs were reserved for boys.[/quote]

Fascinating.  I graduated from one of the Seven Sisters in '81 and all the training programs -- in commercial and investment banking, marketing and sales, retailing, etc., -- came calling.  Regardless of major, you could get one of those jobs if you wanted one.  That said, however, many of my classmates chose to teach, get an entry-level job in journalism, work in museums and other nonprofits, work on the Hill, etc.  Still others went directly to grad school in law, medicine, or varied doctoral programs (for b-school and policy grad programs you usually had to work a couple of years first before applying).  I worked in college admissions for a couple of years, then went to law school.

We were so lucky -- we really could do anything we wanted to do without worrying about long-term career paths.  My oldest graduated from college last year and is doing Teach for America.  He loves it, but once he's completed his two-year commitment he's planning to go to a consulting firm and then probably b-school or law school.  Despite having graduated from an Ivy and majoring in math, he feels he has to snag a very lucrative job early on given the economy.  Sadly, he seems to be part of a zero-sum mindset generation.     [/quote]

I had to take typing tests anywhere I applied.  I remember [b]one[/b] young woman who did get a management training offer from Manufacturers Hanover.  Most of us went to grad school.  Lots of women lawyers minted at that time.  Those in med school still faced "you are taking a spot from a man". Many more opportunities in the 80s in New York though.  By then many of us had solid mid-level management positions and some were VPs.  There really was a "revolution.
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