Banking for women in the Mad Men Era

Mind your nails.

April 7, 2010 at 6:01PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

No reason for this, except I found it the other day and scanned it, which means it must be added to the vast museum that is The Internet. Welcome to the Women-Friendly bank:

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Powder rooms! Women tellers! You were not required to wear a lace mask, though. Inside, a reminder you'd have Women Consultants as well as Tellers, although whether these were women who would consult with you, or men who had consulted with women, I cannot say.

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

No matches: emery boards for your nails. Wonder if there was a men's version that had small strips of leather for stropping your razor, and a guarantee of He-Man Tellers who won't consult with you because a man ought to know these things for himself, dadgummit. (spits into cuspidor)

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