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Vol XXXIII No. 22

Wednesday, September 22, 1999

Martin: Women need more opportunity

      Despite considerable progress over the past few decades, corporate America has not fully succeeded in breaking the glass ceiling for business women, former Labor Secretary Lynn Martin said in a lecture Tuesday. The challenges facing women who attempt to balance work and family arise from long-standing social roles and a fundamental difference between the sexes, Martin said. "We talk about family values all the time, but what do we really mean ... [more]
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