Inspired or Frustrated, Women Go to Work for Themselves
A study from Visier, a work force analytics firm, found the gender wage gap at large United States employers widens at age 32 because that’s when many women leave work to have
and care for children; it’s also around the age workers start to advance up the corporate ladder.
“The advancement of women in business is stalled out or worse, in certain areas moving backward,” said Sallie Krawcheck, chief executive of Ellevest, a digital investment platform for women; chairwoman of Ellevate Network;
and the author of “Own It: The Power of Women at Work.” “And it has been for a period of time.”
Companies that are run by women tend to be free of the gap, Ms. Krawcheck said.
“When I was starting out, there were few people who believed
that I could be creative and also be skilled at marketing, selling and running a business,” Ms. Sweetman-Durney said.
“I wasn’t taken seriously at first.”
“Although I was brought up in a family where I did not have much experience with discrimination,” Ms. Sweetman-Durney
said, “I had faced it after landing my contract with Topshop to design women’s dresses in 2005.
After working as a women’s clothing designer for the British retailer Topshop for six years, Ms. Sweetman-Durney realized at 27
that she “just wasn’t in love with it anymore,” she said.
“I would say embracing change and having a passion for what I’m doing has allowed
me to stay as vibrant in my career as I was 10 years ago,” Ms. Dixon said.
