Sentences with phrase «shattering the glass ceiling»

Sexism is a symptom of male white privilege residing in high perches that prevent women from shattering the glass ceiling.

The women — who span professions and generations — agreed that they didn't necessarily aim to shatter the glass ceiling, but rather just wanted to accomplish their own dreams.

Or, meet the team trying to shatter the glass ceiling that female entrepreneurs face when they look for funding.

She inspired the next generation of parliamentarians, including myself, to try to emulate such qualities, which are intrinsic to the role of a member of any parliament, and she started the process of shattering the glass ceiling, providing a role model for women in politics.

«My friends, she won't just shatter the glass ceiling for my daughters and your daughters, and provide a new role model for an entire generation of women.

She shattered the glass ceiling in her profession, and this is her crowning achievement.»

But is shattering a glass ceiling enough for Clinton and Kaine to unite the party into a winning coalition?

As Saturday Night Live's first - ever female head writer, quick - witted comedian Tina Fey not only shattered the glass ceiling at SNL, but also succeeded in proving that she is one of the most talented comedy writers in the entertainment industry.

Say, you ever hear the one about the broad who shattered the glass ceiling?

But it didn't take long for the 85 - pound pit bull to shatter that glass ceiling.

Parks was an activist, a humanitarian and a core figure in America's civil rights movement; he routinely shattering glass ceilings for black artists, while using his platform to expose the stark realities of day - to - day inequality on the most momentous of scales.

One of the most impressive aspects of the legal profession is its ability to open doors and shatter glass ceilings in a variety of professional capacities.

We have not yet completely shattered the glass ceiling and subtle hints of patriarchy still have women pushing hard to prove themselves in the industry.

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The unknown question is whether Clinton's glass ceiling - shattering candidacy helps or hurts her.

There has been so much talk about the glass ceiling and what can be done to permanently shatter it.

There's definitely a glass ceiling that still needs to be shattered.

Joy's prestige in the industry rose at a time when rum was primarily made and consumed by men, and her 1997 appointment as the world's first female master blender certainly served to shatter the spirits industry's glass ceiling.

But Mundy doesn't believe that the glass ceiling hasn't been shattered for working women yet.

Six weeks after a ferocious hail storm shattered more than half of the glass ceilings that cover the century - old West Side conservatory, the cleanup and rebuilding process is still in the early stages.

An ominous sky peeked through the shattered ceiling at the Garfield Park Conservatory on Friday as chunks of glass continued to fall, shattering in a fountain far below.

Six weeks after a ferocious hail storm shattered more than half of the glass ceilings that...

Hollywood stars who went all - in for Hillary Clinton say the next woman who tries to shatter that highest glass ceiling needs something that Clinton seemed to lack — authenticity.

Instead, she broke through a glass ceiling that no one cared to see shattered.»

Glass ceilings were shattered and there were no limits on what an individual could achieve.

«The EMILY's List community — now more than three million members strong — is excited to support her glass ceiling shattering campaign for State Senate in the 60th District.»

«As a grocer's daughter who rose to become Britain's first female prime minister, she stands as an example to our daughters that there is no glass ceiling that can't be shattered.

Women have made so much progress, that some female voters appear indifferent to another glass ceiling shattered by Clinton's candidacy.

It's just that sometimes those decisions are bad, or self - defeating, or maddening, and a day where you get dressed up in your best victory pantsuit and spend an ungodly amount of money decorating your house with American flags and custom - made cardboard cutouts of suffragettes in anticipation of a glass - ceiling - shattering historical milestone ends with you getting (metaphorically) eaten by a giant farting T. rex.

As the glass ceiling remains stubbornly intact, personal boundaries shatter in this beautifully witty and deeply thoughtful film.

Considering Chastain's ball - busting work here and Sandra Bullock's turn as a ruthless political consultant in «Our Brand Is Crisis» last year, perhaps some glass ceilings have shattered during this election cycle after all.

That the company making the earthshaking, glass - ceiling - shattering move is General Motors?

And at other times, it was exhilarating to think that a new generation of women would grow up knowing the glass ceiling had been shattered once and for all.

She forged new ground for women in Kenya helping shatter what we would call the «glass ceiling» in the United States.

We've raised the glass ceiling, but we certainly have not yet shattered it.

Elizabeth Murray and Carmen Herrera: two women who shattered the art world's glass ceiling Film Forum is pleased to present the US theatrical premieres of Kristi Zea's EVERYBODY KNOWS... ELIZABETH MURRAY and Alison Klayman's THE 100 YEARS SHOW, on Wednesday, January 11.

Sandra Day O'Connor shattered the United States Supreme Court's glass ceiling when she was nominated by President Reagan in 1981, fulfilling his campaign promise to appoint the first woman to the highest court in the United States.

Notwithstanding this purported shattering of the legal academy's glass ceiling, Lytle's accomplishments — her path to the professoriate, and her career in the years following her appointment to the faculty of a Nashville law school — have been largely lost to historians of legal education.

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