A Place Where 600,000 Women Look for Work That Works for Them
Sairee Chahal built a platform that connects women across India with flexible careers, allowing them to balance the competing demands of family and a job.
Who Run The World'
Triumphs and trials of women in leadership
Would You Really Like Hillary More if She Sounded Different?
How biases shape our perceptions of a powerful woman’s voice
What It Means to Be a Woman and a Leader
Introducing an Atlantic project about women’s leadership around the world—including people who aren’t typically thought of as leaders
The Sound of Bravado
Excuse me, sir. Can I borrow your swagger?
And Now for the Ritual Thatcher Comparisons
Britain has its second-ever female prime minister. And people can’t help invoking the first.
Why Women (Sometimes) Don't Help Other Women
It’s not because they’re inherently harsher leaders than men, but because they often respond to sexism by trying to distance themselves from other women.
Where Are All the Principals of Color?
As the public-school population continues to grow more diverse, the percentage of nonwhite school leaders has remained relatively stagnant.
Hillary Clinton, Tracy Flick, and the Reclaiming of Female Ambition
The woman president has long been a feature of American pop culture. The woman candidate, though, is rarer—and even more fraught.
The Princess Revolution
A new generation of parents is shopping with the idea that pink and blue—along with robots, bunnies, dinosaurs, and unicorns—are for every child.
What the Middle Ages Show About Women Leaders
Medieval rulers employed multiple styles of leadership—defying the simple binaries of contemporary stereotypes.