Inspired or Frustrated, Women Go to Work for Themselves<br />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<br />and care for children; it’s also around the age workers start to advance up the corporate ladder.<br />“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;<br />and the author of “Own It: The Power of Women at Work.” “And it has been for a period of time.”<br />Companies that are run by women tend to be free of the gap, Ms. Krawcheck said.<br />“When I was starting out, there were few people who believed<br />that I could be creative and also be skilled at marketing, selling and running a business,” Ms. Sweetman-Durney said.<br />“I wasn’t taken seriously at first.”<br />“Although I was brought up in a family where I did not have much experience with discrimination,” Ms. Sweetman-Durney<br />said, “I had faced it after landing my contract with Topshop to design women’s dresses in 2005.<br />After working as a women’s clothing designer for the British retailer Topshop for six years, Ms. Sweetman-Durney realized at 27<br />that she “just wasn’t in love with it anymore,” she said.<br />“I would say embracing change and having a passion for what I’m doing has allowed<br />me to stay as vibrant in my career as I was 10 years ago,” Ms. Dixon said.
