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FINAL THOUGHTS
Wisdom from the Top
Whether they are helming billion-dollar companies, or steering
government policy, the following notable women quoted know
firsthand what it means to shatter the glass ceiling.
"I want women to be able to go to that golf outing in the
corporate environment, and play golf, and not have to go
back to the hotel while all the guys go to the golf range."
Former Secretary of State CONDOLEEZZA RICE
"badge of honor"
SHERYL SANDBERG, COO of Facebook and best-selling author of Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead, on how men should view mentoring women.
"If you invest in a girl or a woman, you
are investing in everybody else."
MELINDA GATES, co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on a new way to look at the advancement of women.
"Any minority that gets to a position of
power or gets added to a board because of
a quota doesn't want to be there."
CEO of JPMorgan Asset Management MARY CALLAHAN ERDOES regarding her view on filling minority quotas in business.
"incur a substantial loss"
JANET YELLEN, the first female Federal Reserve Chair, on the fact that many women still being unable to achieve their
goals is not just an individual loss, but a blow to the economy as a whole.