The What Shall I Be? board game
“What shall I be? The Exciting Game of Career Girls.” This is how this sexist board game was advertised. Suffice to say, the game is a head-scratcher. The jobs proposed were pretty predictable. Women, at the time, were often encouraged to be actresses, models, or secretaries. Of course, the era wasn’t particularly kind to women who wanted to climb the career ladder. The game emphasized this, too. It boasted messages like “Your make-up is too sloppy” and “You are a slow thinker.” Yikes.