The Last Male Bastion: Gender and the CEO Suite in America's Public Companies

by Douglas Branson

Not until 1997 did a female become chief executive officer of a Fortune 500 corporation (Jill Barad, at Mattel Toy Co. Women's progress since that time has been in fits and starts, exceedingly slow. The number of women CEOs reached 4 in 1999 only to slide back to 2 in 2001. Meanwhile, while not reaching anything approaching parity, women made significant strides in politics (as senators, cabinet secretaries and governors), in not-for-profit spheres...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415872952
• ISBN13: 9780415872959
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"