“Lady entrepreneurs of Gen Y are embracing who they are, and aren’t apologizing for it. There are a lot of leadership lessons to be learned from these 20-something-year-old business owners.”
– Rebekah Epstein, Founder and Publicist, Fifteen Media

“The fact is women in various times of their career take leaves, whether for maternity or for something else, and sometimes don’t return. In order to retain them, companies need to get with the times.”
– Jennifer Reynolds, president of Women in Capital Markets, a non-profit that promotes the advancement of women in industry.

“Our study, Next Generation Diversity: Developing Tomorrow’s Female Leaders, found that the Gen Y woman considers opportunities for career progression to be the most attractive employer trait. She also has more global acumen and is more technologically savvy than previous generations.”
– Laura Cox Kaplan, Principal-in-Charge of U.S. Government, Regulatory Affairs and Public Policy

“Millennial woman believe that society favors men over women, 75 percent say more changes are necessary to achieve workplace gender equality and 60 percent believe that men tend to be paid more for the same work.”
– Pew Research Center