Sentences with phrase «cracked the glass ceiling»

The first few who cracked the glass ceiling had open discussions about the hurdles they had faced.

In an attempt to crack the glass ceiling in start - ups, a number of mentoring and investing organizations have started or grown significantly over the past few years, such as Women 2.0, SpringBoard Enterprises, Astia, and Golden Seeds.

For female scientists, cracking the glass ceiling in these fields requires not just dogged passion and dedication but also a refusal to be cowed by long odds.

WWE 2K15 is the equivalent of an upper mid-card wrestler attempting to crack the glass ceiling of the WWE.

She was among a handful of woman painters of her generation — roughly that which emerged in the 1970s — who cracked the glass ceiling of the art hierarchy.

And finally, how much should we care that women haven't cracked the glass ceiling at Biglaw when female lawyers are finding success in virtually every other area (e.g., politics, solo practice, judgeships, in - house and government) outside of large firms?

The insurance lawyer, alleged in a lawsuit filed in California that female attorneys «can not crack the glass ceiling of equity partnership at Sedgwick.»

In a move heralded in Sullivan & Cromwell quarters as emblematic of the firm's role in helping women crack the glass ceiling, Goldman Sachs has announced that Sullivan partner Karen Seymour is joining the investment banking firm as co-general counsel and partner.

Not exact matches

At long last, it appears that cracks are beginning to form in the glass ceiling.

For Hillary Clinton to crack her highest, hardest glass ceiling in 35 days, she needs to make sure Trump's ceiling with suburban white women is made of cement.

Leaders like Hillary Clinton who has the guts and the grace to keep coming back and putting those cracks in that highest and hardest glass ceiling until she finally breaks through, lifting all of us along with her.

In her last presidential run, Clinton generally avoided talking explicitly about her gender — save for her reference to «18 million cracks in the glass ceiling» in her June 2008 concession speech.

Some glass ceilings should never be cracked.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand credited Hillary Clinton with putting «65 million cracks in the hardest and highest glass ceiling» — that is, one for every vote she received.

Also notable: Deadpool cracked the superhero movie awards glass ceiling of sorts with a nom for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, as well as Best Actor - Comedy or Musical nom for Ryan Reynolds.

I held out hope that Johnson could break through the glass ceiling that's been constructed above blockbusters, especially those produced by Disney, and while he slams against it and generates some cracks, the ceiling has held.

Does the inclusion of a female director and a female cinematographer — and the exclusion of some #MeToo offenders — mean the glass ceiling just cracked a little bit more?

We do live in the lucky country, we still have inequality and the glass ceiling is hard to crack but education is still available to both genders.

Brief biographical essays provide background on the lives and accomplishments of these iconic individualists, who, as Shen puts it, «knocked up against that glass ceiling and made a tiny fissure or full - on crack.»

However, examining a different part of the picture may prove to be useful in starting to crack the double glass ceiling.

I am a prolific reader and in more than one bio and autobiography words reign true that the proverbial glass ceiling may never be officially cracked, and those who end up in the corner office may always be threatened as having gotten there by supercilious means.