Marilyn Loden died last month at the age of 76. When she first uttered the phrase 'the glass ceiling' in the 1970s, she hoped the invisible barrier for women that it described would soon become a thing of the past.
Alexander Pohl/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesWoman hold a banner for equal pay during a 2018 march in Munich, Germany.When Marilyn Loden first uttered the phrase"the glass ceiling" in the 1970s, and even as it became an increasingly permanent fixture of the lexicon, she hoped the invisible barrier it described would soon become a thing of the past.
After her early years in human resources, Loden went on to become a management consultant and workplace diversity advocate who worked with, from Citibank to the University of California to the U.S. Navy. Her work at the Navy led to policy changes increasing leader accountability for sexual harassment and lifting the ban prohibiting women sailors from serving on submarines, and she received its civilian Superior Service Medal in 2016.
Loden, then 31 and working in the HR department at New York Telephone Co., was invited to join a discussion panel about women's advancement .
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