You can be this super-successful woman who's smart and effective but still feminine. When I worked in finance, I didn't always think that was possible.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I have been working in male-dominated industries most of my life. When I started my career in investment banking, I was one of two women in my analyst class.
I try to be feminine, yet intellectual and smart at the same time. You don't see enough of that.
To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.
You may be a princess or the richest woman in the world, but you cannot be more than a lady.
You can be an absolute woman and also be smart and tough and not lose your femininity.
The stereotypes really play into what kinds of companies women can get funded for.
Whatever you got you have to accentuate. I ran my female card up and down the ladder my whole career, because I was in a man's world. It was worked by women but owned by men. I was the only female owner in my field at that time.
Women I know are smart, educated, intelligent, capable of doing anything that anybody else can do.
I don't think of being a woman in an industry of men. I didn't walk into the kitchen and go, 'Ooh, I'm a girl!' I didn't get into my chosen profession. I wanted to be good at something.
I always think of myself as a working girl.