Breaking Through The Glass Ceiling

"The ratio of women to men was very low, but I was very fortunate that I had a manager and a vice president that looked only at bottom-line results when I was considered for this position," she says.

Stereotypes could not hold up against the results that Pavletich and other female in-plant managers were showing. But as women took on leadership roles in growing numbers throughout the '70s and '80s, their major concern continued to be how to gain respect equal to what male managers enjoyed.