From Nicki Gilmour, CEO and Founder of our partner blog The Glass Hammer:The Economist kicked off the year with Rosie the Riveter on the cover, proclaiming “We did it.” What exactly did we do?
Well, we became 50% of the workforce, generally, across all industries. We can interpret that in two ways, either as a positive advancement for women as they are able to have economic freedom by earning their own wage or that that women have to work to support themselves and their families; it does not necessary mean that we are actually getting somewhere as leaders and managers in equal numbers to men.
I have to be honest. I had to check that I wasn’t reading an old copy of the Economist from January 1980...
Read the post at TheGlassHammer.com
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