Interview a woman who began working in the 1960s or 1970s, using the questions below. Ask other questions that you feel are appropriate as long as you record the question and the answer. Record your notes on a separate sheet of paper.

1. Name of interviewer: 
    Name of interviewee: 
    Date of interview: 
    Place of interview: 

2. What year did you start working? Did you work full-time or part-time?

3. What was your first job? Tell me a story about your first job or a favorite memory of your early career.

4. What was your salary? Please describe any fringe benefits you had.

5. Why did you start working?

6. What educational background or professional training did you have before starting your first job? Did you receive on-the-job training?

7. Tell me your job history, starting with your first job.

8. What has been your favorite job or career? Why? What did you like best about it?

9. How did you balance your job with your family life, volunteer work, hobbies, and other interests? Did that balance change over time?

10. Is there anything you wish you had done differently in your career? Are there any job opportunities or careers you would have liked to explore?

11. What would you recommend to a young person entering your field?

12. Do you think women entering the workforce now are better off than women who started working when you did? Why?
 

THANK YOUR INTERVIEWEE AT THE END OF THE INTERVIEW!!!