Quote by Lynn Povich

There are any number of reasons many talented people, particularly women, leave their careers for a period of time.

— Cindy Hyde-Smith

“If men’s wages too have been depressed, if there literally aren’t enough jobs, or enough money to pay for them (what with the dire…

— Nina Power

It was ironic, but when you scratched the surface, most successful men were working for one thing only--to retire--and the sooner the better. Whereas…

— Candace Bushnell

There's so many careers that didn't happen because women are like, 'I can't deal with this harassment. I'm going to leave this industry.'

— Phoebe Robinson

And what I saw happening is that women don't make one decision to leave the workforce. They makes lots of little decisions really far…

— Sheryl Sandberg

By the time I graduated with a journalism degree, there was a general understanding that women in TV news were on borrowed time. Though…

— Alisyn Camerota

We have to hear the stories of women at all ages of their lives in order to really present a picture of what it…

— Marsha Norman

“For a woman, there is no such thing as retirement. She always enjoyed her role as wife, mother, and household manager.”

— Lynne Withey

Women in TV news had to make a choice, it was said: family or career. And in the 1970s and '80s, the rigors of…

— Alisyn Camerota

“Newsweek never hired women as writers and only one or two female staffers were promoted to that rank no matter how talented they were...Any…

— Lynn Povich

Most women are not programmed to prefer a great career to a great man and a family. They feel they were sold a bill…

— Dennis Prager

Every interview I've done since I've turned 40, the journalist will say, 'So, isn't it amazing? Your career should be over, but you're still…

— Nicola Walker