Comments on: Becoming The Boss? http://www.theglasshammer.com/news/2008/06/26/becoming-the-boss/ The Glass Hammer is an online community designed for women executives in financial services, law and business. Visit us daily to discover issues that matter, share experiences, and plan networking, your career and your life. Get a new job right here! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:51:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: nicki http://www.theglasshammer.com/news/2008/06/26/becoming-the-boss/comment-page-1/#comment-1317 nicki Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:15:00 +0000 http://www.theglasshammer.com/news/2008/06/26/becoming-the-boss/#comment-1317 Steinem, whose grandmother Pauline was a suffragette, reminds me we’re contending with “5,000 years of patriarchy”, then suggests we should think of women as “the last immigrant group ... The Irish, the Italians, the Jews, you know, couldn’t make it through other people’s hierarchies because of bias. They tended to start their own businesses,” she says. “And I think that’s part of the reason women are starting businesses at a higher rate than men.” see today's piece in the FT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0a3012de-5f5a-11dd-91c0-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1 Steinem, whose grandmother Pauline was a suffragette, reminds me we’re contending with “5,000 years of patriarchy”, then suggests we should think of women as “the last immigrant group … The Irish, the Italians, the Jews, you know, couldn’t make it through other people’s hierarchies because of bias. They tended to start their own businesses,” she says. “And I think that’s part of the reason women are starting businesses at a higher rate than men.”

see today’s piece in the FT
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0a3012de-5f5a-11dd-91c0-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1

]]> By: Women CEOs and the Husbands Who Work for Them » The Glass Hammer http://www.theglasshammer.com/news/2008/06/26/becoming-the-boss/comment-page-1/#comment-1263 Women CEOs and the Husbands Who Work for Them » The Glass Hammer Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:43:13 +0000 http://www.theglasshammer.com/news/2008/06/26/becoming-the-boss/#comment-1263 [...] on women running cottage craft businesses out of their homes (and overdid it, in this blogger’s opinion). In contrast, this week’s article on female entrepreneurs profiles women who are running [...] [...] on women running cottage craft businesses out of their homes (and overdid it, in this blogger’s opinion). In contrast, this week’s article on female entrepreneurs profiles women who are running [...]

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