break through the glass ceiling

I was part of a movement to break through the glass ceiling for women's jobs in the 1970's.

Why try to break through the glass ceiling when you can go round it?

Hill, 64, is one woman who has broken through the glass ceiling.

Some of you know what it's like to be a minority struggling to break through the glass ceiling.

Women's cricket has not yet broken through the glass ceiling.

Hewson, 58, knows how hard it can be to break through the glass ceiling.

When I was growing up, women were encouraged to have careers, to achieve, to break through the glass ceiling.

But Broxton has broken through the glass ceiling of weight.

The problem is: how do women break through the glass ceiling that the questioner has recognised?

"Breaking through the glass ceiling is, among other things, about developing relationships and learning to communicate with men on their own terms."

I think that committee would not like the fact that she has broken through the glass ceiling.

I firmly believe that role models and mentors are key to seeing more women break through the glass ceiling.

London Women are finally breaking through the glass ceiling of senior judicial appointments.

Women with sponsors have had success in breaking through the glass ceiling

"This leadership programme is about allowing nurses to break through the glass ceiling which has for too long held them back.

Women who want to avoid hidden traps and break through the glass ceiling need to know how to shape the way men perceive them.

Quotas open the way to equality and they break through the glass ceiling.”

These "ballbreakers", so the thinking goes, may find it easier to break through the glass ceiling into the boardroom.

She identifies priorities for women who want to break through the glass ceiling and join her in the corporate stratosphere.

"Margaret Thatcher broke through the glass ceiling in politics.

At last we have broken through the glass ceiling and proved we are not third-best but the best.

More women are breaking through the glass ceiling, for example, meaning that husbands as well as wives need help.

Legal reform itself has a role to play in breaking through the glass ceiling of corruption toward achieving the rule of law.

She continued, "We focus on helping business and professional women develop the skills they need to break through the glass ceiling and become successful leaders.

Breaking through the glass ceiling, March 2004.