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What It Takes to Thrive
in Male-Dominated Professions

by Ginny Grimsley

Ninety-four years after women’s suffrage in the United States,
intelligent and well-educated females still battle stereotypes, discrimination and, sometimes, their own fears, when working in
male-dominated professions.
And there are still many of those! From the famously boys-club
cultures of Silicon Valley to construction and the automotive industry, guys remain the standard in many industries – that also
tend to pay better than female-dominated fields.
“Sure, women face challenges, some of them pretty unpleasant,
when they’re the minority in their chosen profession,” says Jennifer Carroll, the first female – and first black – elected lieutenant
governor of Florida under Gov. Rick Scott, and a retired U.S. Navy
lieutenant commander.

“My husband has stayed true to the core through all the ups and
downs we’ve experienced,” she says. “He’s secure in who he is,
which has brought me a sense of strength and helped me ascend
to whatever levels I chose.”
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