For women the wage gap sets up an infuriating Catch-22 situation. They do the housework because they earn less, and they earn lessbecause they do the…

- Sylvia Ann Hewlett

There are three pillars, regardless of your work culture, whether you're in Silicon Valley or on Wall Street: how you look, how you speak, and how yo…

- Sylvia Ann Hewlett

Recently we've been hearing a lot about women "having it all." Myself, I think that is not really an accurate description of female lives today. It s…

- Sylvia Ann Hewlett

Women have made enormous progress on the lower and middle rungs of the career ladder, but we are failing to make the leap into senior positions. Ever…

- Sylvia Ann Hewlett

American feminists have generally stressed the ways in which men and women should be equal and have therefore tried to put aside differences.... Soci…

- Sylvia Ann Hewlett

Women of my age in America are at the mercy of two powerful and antagonistic traditions. The first is the ultradomestic fifties with its powerful cul…

- Sylvia Ann Hewlett

There are simple rules of engagement: You need to have your voice, but it has to be very intentional - be brief and to the point, with fresh ideas. D…

- Sylvia Ann Hewlett

If you show up without makeup or looking sloppy, no matter how impressive your ideas are, no one is going to pay attention to you. People take you mo…

- Sylvia Ann Hewlett

The decision to have a child is both a private and a public decision, for children are our collective future.

- Sylvia Ann Hewlett