Getting Women into Leadership

Getting Women into Leadership

Numerous studies have shown that women make up about half of the workforce, including in professional roles. However, women aren’t promoted at the same rates, meaning only a fraction to upper-level management and executive officers are women. The Balance Careers talked to Global Chief Executive Officer Susan Lucas-Conwell of Great Place to work about how […]

Women Voters: A Long Time Coming but Paving the Way

In the United States, women won the liberty to exercise their vote in 1920.

Women Voters: A Long Time Coming but Paving the Way

(By Dana Mathura) If you are lucky, you have grown up in an era where you or your daughters have seen women like Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton run for vice presidential candidacy and presidential candidacy, respectively. Times, though, was not always so welcoming to women running for political office. America has an extensive history […]