But women aren't backing down from the challenge.
Now, Yang is one of the most powerful people in Hollywood. In August, she began her first term as president of the academy, becoming the first Asian person, and fourth woman, to hold the position. "I've felt like an outsider many times throughout my life," she says. "It's wonderful to have a sense of belonging, and terrible not to. … If I can help open the door for other women and people of color, I'm thrilled."Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard and first woman to lead any branch of the U.S. armed forcesAdm. Linda Fagan did not plan for a lifetime of service in the U.S. Coast Guard — and she certainly didn't plan on being its first-ever woman commander.
Among the lessons she's learned in her historic career and one she'd like to remind other women of, regardless where they find themselves in their career: "You're stronger, smarter, more capable, more courageous than you believe."Illustration by Elham Ataeiazar
MakeIt These women are taking jobs away from transgenders. Can’t NBC help get more men ,,oops , I mean more women who are men , oops ,,,, I mean things hired?