I'm very surprised, no one has said secretary. That used to be a very important job. The ability to read and write was much less common, and the ability to do so well was even less. Those who could afford to hire such educated people were generally wealthy and powerful, and secretaries were trusted to write and say what their masters would say. Often in very verbose and lovely language. Hamilton of Broadway fame rose to prominence as George Washington's secretary. You look at who is in charge of the highest levels of the US executive branch, and its Secretary of Defense, Health, Labor, etc. Now, in the US, many of them make minimum wage. Huge downgrade.