She believes the feminist revolution has stalled. But after her husband encouraged her to make a counter-offer, she did and Zuckerberg came back to her with a much more lucrative proposal.ĥ. When she was talking to Mark Zuckerberg about joining Facebook, she says she was inclined to accept the first offer he made. In 2010, women earned just 77 cents for every dollar men made. Though it used to be worse-in 1970 American women made 59 cents for every dollar men earned-it’s still bad. In politics, women hold just 18% of congressional offices.Ĥ. Example: “Of 197 heads of state, only 22 are women.” Another fact: Of the top 500 companies by revenues, only 21 are headed by women. Sandberg marshals plenty of statistics to support this fact. She points out that men still run the world. “We stand on the shoulders of the women who came before us, women who had to fight for the rights that we now take for granted,” she writes. She considers herself a feminist who benefits from the struggles of the activists who battled for women’s rights. She gained 70 pounds, her feet swelled two shoe sizes and she vomited every day for nine months.Ģ. In the book’s opening anecdote, Sandberg describes what a tough time she had while pregnant with her first child. It’s incredibly difficult to manage both career and motherhood, even before you give birth. Here are 10 things she got right in 'Lean In' written by Forbes staffer Susan Adams in March 2013:ġ. Since Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg was published, it has sparked a global conversation about gender equality.

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