Doing What Comes Naturally

There was a time (not so very long ago) when ambitious women were looked upon with suspicion and dread by the male establishment. From Harriet Tubman to Shirley Chisholm, from Emma Goldman to Bella Abzug, from Carrie Nation to Elizabeth Warren, women who refused to conform to the accepted gender roles of being submissive and keeping quiet posed a keen threat to the powers that be (those who had always assumed that opportunities -- and the financial rewards that accompany them -- should automatic...