Norway High School - Caduceus Yearbook (Norway, ME)

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LITERARY

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THE CADUCEUS AUTOGRAPHS

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24 PHE, CADUCEUS CAREERS FOR WOMEN Today there are opportunities for women in almost every field. Not too many years ago careers for women were very limited. A young woman had a choice of becoming a teacher, nurse, or secretary. Now a young woman may go into the fields of business, poli- tics, medicine, motion pictures, avia- tion, journalism, and other fields too numerous to mention. The 1940 census showed that the largest number of women were employed as factory work- ers, servants, and secretaries, but the number of women in the professional fields was increasing rapidly. More and more women are going to college and some are even attaining higher de- grees. There are many opportunities for women in accounting and advertising. A woman who wishes to become an ac- countant should like to deal with num- bers and should be curious, but not sus- picious. It is her work to make sure that there are no mistakes. The Held of advertising is getting larger every day. This means that there are more openings for women. Manufacturing companies, retail stores, magazines, and newspapers now have their own adver- tising departments. You may be an ad- vertising artist, copywriter, research worker, or publicity writer. The fields of teaching, nursing, and secretarial work are still open, further- more, they have a much broader choice of work. Many teachers are needed both here and abroad, and the salaries are being increased. Nurses are needed in hospitals, American Red Cross, and the armed services. All these places need nurses as they have never needed them before. Secretaries now have a chance to choose practically any field- publishing, medicine, architecture, gen- eral business, banking, the professions, law and government all offer young women good futures. Many women in key positions today started as secre- taries. Since the times of your mothers and grandmothers many entirely new fields have been discovered. Aviation, radio, motion pictures, and scientific research are the most important of these. Since the inventing of the airplane, men and women have found many new jobs in the field of aviation. Women may become airlines stewardesses, sig- nal operators, radio control women, or even pilots. The radio and motion picture indus- tries opened the way for singers, ac- tresses, technicians, directors, script writers, and musicians. You may have to start in a small part, but with cour- age and ability you can be a top enter- tainer. The opportunities in the scientific Iield are endless. You may be a phy- sicist, biologist, chemist, doctor, or lab- oratory technician. Women physicists are needed as laboratory analysts and research workers in the plastic, textile, and fuel industries. Perhaps you will find yourself assisting an atomic scien- tist! Biologists have a great variety of work from which to choose. Public health and conservation of natural re- sources are two increasingly important and active branches. For a chemist the ceiling is unlimited. Nearly every basic industry including rubber, steel, agri- culture, and food employs chemical workers. More and more women are going into the field of medicine, which used to be exclusively for men. During the past few years, women have proved that they are, in many cases, just as capable. Becoming a doctor requires much time and study, but most doctors agree that it is worth while. The work of a laboratory technician is becoming more and more popular with women these days. It is a field in which women are especially good. All these careers have a starting in- come of from S20 to S40 a week. All have a chance for an increase in salary according to your skill and experience. If you work diligently and are really interested in your work, you can attain much success in any of these careers. -M. Roy '49,