"Women have been knocking on the door to the boardroom for decades, mainly in vain, but there is a good chance that more of them will be allowed in soon. And not before time. The share of women in junior and middle management has been growing rapidly for some time, but at the very top their numbers remain shockingly small. According to Catalyst, a New York-based ­research outfit, women in America make up over half of professionals and managers in the lower and middle ranks of big companies but only 14% of senior managers and a vanishing 3% of chief executives." (Quoted from article)