Once upon a time, there was a strong and resilient young woman named Cinderella, who lived with a mean, demanding, and, frankly, abusive stepmother and two bratty, dimwitted stepsisters. They spent ...

Marilyn Loden, an advocate for workplace equality who coined the phrase “glass ceiling,” has died at the age 76, leaving behind a feminist legacy that inspired generations of women. Loden first said ...

I break glass ceilings by emulating the audacious self-assuredness my mom and older sisters have modeled so well for me. The women who came before me have given me guidance to better know myself and ...

Over its decade of tracking women’s progress in the workforce, the Economist’s Glass Ceiling Index has registered very little improvement, as gendered structural barriers endure. Protesters march to ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. On the one hand, the challenges women often face while at ...

At the Democratic National Convention in August, Hillary Clinton alluded once again to that famed glass ceiling. You know, the one she hoped to triumphantly shatter through — pantsuit and all — during ...

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A jury awarded $2 million to Boston Police Department (BPD) detective, Donna Gavin, after finding that she had been subjected to glass ceiling discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. The verdict ...