1960
At first, I went to Hunter College. CCNY was coed and that attracted me after my many years at an all-girls high school. Hunter was a very good school; I loved it and I'm glad I went there, but I think I was ready to encounter boys in my classes. I took history and economics, and I took the required a number of education courses that would allow me to sit down and take the board of education so I could teach. In 1960, there weren't that many opportunities for women professionally and being able to teach was an attraction. I did take the classes: five courses that were necessary in order to take the exam. I took the exam, I passed, and I was licensed to teach social studies in junior high. I was assigned to a school on the Upper West Side, but I never taught and I never went. I had to write to say that as much as I appreciated the assignment, I had gotten a job that I was most interested in, which was at Newsweek magazine. I started out answering letters to the editor and I eventually became a researcher in what we called 'back of the book.' I then was a political reporter and I eventually was the New England Bureau Chief for Newsweek for close to seven years. After I retired, I did teach a course in continuing education at NYU on the press and public opinion. I did do freelance articles for a medical magazine. I took an early retirement and my husband and I have been happy.