Comparison of the career paths of Harvard University's classes of 1970 and 1945 suggests that change of the magnitude of the past two decades can only be endured; the forces that make income insecure also create one-time chances for wealth; and when the obvious markets for one's skills evaporate, go where no one else has imagined going. (JOW)

Describes how women executives in their 40s and 50s are finding the corporate workplace less than fulfilling and are making major life changes. (JOW)