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Women Lead the Way
Your Guide to Stepping Up to Leadership and Changing the World

October 20, 2009

Women Lead the Way

Linda Tarr-Whelan discusses her book with the AARP's Prime Time Radio

AARP.org

With Linda Tarr-Whelan

With the historic campaigns of women in the 2008 national election, the temptation is to crow, in the words of the old cigarette ad, "You've come a long way, baby."

After all, American women are the majority of voters; they're said to drive 80 percent of consumer buying decisions; they're the majority of graduates of colleges, professional and graduate programs; and they are considered the driving force of American entrepreneurship. Yet, disparities continue as wage gaps persist; and only a handful of women are on corporate boards or in top leadership slots in the Fortune 500.

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