Can Women Have It All? Powerful Females Weigh In
While men in high places are rarely grilled about how they balance careers with diaper changes and housework, powerful women are used to being asked about “having it all.” Most recently, it was Burberry CEO Angela Ahrendts who had to address the issue, telling London’s Sunday Times that she actually “can't do it all” and stressing that, for her, family always comes first. “We have a lot of women working here and I always tell them they are mothers first. Those children are their legacy and they have partners and that’s a big obligation,” she said, inspiring many tweets of approval and relief from other working moms. It was just the latest statement and subsequent chatter about the work-life balance fascination, thrown into extra-high relief ever since Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg called for women to “lean in” to their careers last year. Here’s what she and 12 other women in high places think of the matter — and what others wound up thinking about them. — Beth Greenfield, Shine Staff