What changes did the post-1956 generation of Egyptian women witness? These now-retired middle-class women were in the first cohort to be employed in larger numbers, as government employees, teachers, employees in the corporate world, and entrepreneurs. Now post-retirement age, these women achieved a lot personally, as well as were part of much wider social changes in Egypt. My methodology is ethnography, including participant observation in group settings of older women, as well as collecting their oral histories in a series of interviews, and also using focus groups which focused on the changes these women witnessed during their careers. The stories of these women are rich texts for understanding the social history of Egypt, as well as changes in the situation of women, from 1956 to the present day. The stories include those of a port supervisor of the Suez Canal, a university professor of art and architecture, a gynecologist, a heart specialist, the supervisor of the government’s housing administration, and a novelist who began writing after age 60. In addition to their recounting of their valuable careers, the women also reflect on the changes they have seen in women’s lives since the 1960s.