{"544311":{"#nid":"544311","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Forbes 100 \u0027Most Powerful Women\u0027: A credible window on gender equity?","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u201c\u003C\/em\u003EForbes 100 \u2018Most Powerful Women:\u2019 A Credible Window on Gender Equality?\u003Cem\u003E\u201d\u003C\/em\u003E quotes School of Literature, Media, and Communication professor and associate dean for Graduate Studies, Carol Colatrella, Ph.D.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EForbes released its annual list of the World\u2019s 100 Most Powerful Women this week and seven of the top 10 spots are held by American women. The U.S. also holds 29 of the top 50 spots and half of all 100 spots.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThey are the smartest and toughest female business leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, scientists, philanthropists, and chief executive officers making their mark in the world today,\u201d says Forbes regarding the women on their list. \u201cThey\u2019re women who are building billion-dollar brands, calling the shots in the financial markets, and crisscrossing the globe to broker international agreements and provide aid.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201c[The list] helps inspire women and girls to see women in positions of authority and to be recognized for their successes,\u201d Carol Colatrella, co-director of the Georgia Tech Center for the Study of Women, Science and Technology, says in a phone interview with The Christian Science Monitor.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERead the full article in\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EThe Christian Science Monitor\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/node\/544251\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"32716","created_gmt":"2016-06-13 17:14:26","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:28:14","author":"Hayden Russell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"recycling event","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/World\/Global-News\/2016\/0607\/Forbes-100-Most-Powerful-Women-A-credible-window-on-gender-equity","dateline":{"date":"2016-06-07T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-06-07T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"405661":{"id":"405661","type":"image","title":"Carol A. Colatrella","body":null,"created":"1449254153","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:35:53","changed":"1475895129","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:09","alt":"Carol A. Colatrella","file":{"fid":"76093","name":"carolcolatrellaweb_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/carolcolatrellaweb_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/carolcolatrellaweb_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":120745,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/carolcolatrellaweb_0.jpg?itok=f-9C-H4j"}}},"media_ids":["405661"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"139381","name":"Carol Colarella"},{"id":"41101","name":"Center for the Study of Women Science and Technology"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}