July 2019

Why the Women Running for President Aren’t Talking About a ‘Glass Ceiling’

Etymology of a Term As a term, the “glass ceiling” dates to around 1978, when it was discussed by female workers at Hewlett-Packard and used onstage at a panel discussion about women’s aspirations by an employee of the New York Telephone Co. Each used it to describe the inability of white-collar women to rise beyond

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Moscow’s Metropol: elegance to revolution and back again

In 1991, as the Soviet Union collapsed around him, Alexander Mishakov was summoned to a place that was off-limits to most citizens — the Metropol Hotel. Newly graduated from a technical institute, the 24-year-old had scored an interview for a breakfast chef position. Catching the first morning train into central Moscow, he walked through the

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‘I had chemo for breast cancer that never existed’

A woman who underwent a double mastectomy after doctors wrongly diagnosed her with an aggressive form of cancer has said the trauma will remain with her. Sarah Boyle, 28, had chemotherapy and later needed reconstructive surgery before the mistake was noticed. She told the Victoria Derbyshire programme she had been left with post-traumatic stress disorder

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