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Kate McGuinness

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Terminal Ambition was inspired by Maryilyn French's The Women's Room.

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Legal Career
Kate McGuinness practiced law in courtrooms, conference rooms and boardrooms. Despite sexual harassment and discrimination, she fought her way to success.
Following graduation from law school, she joined a major international law firm. After seven years in the trenches, she was invited to join the partnership, becoming one of only a handful of female partners among the firm's equity owners who numbered more than a hundred.
After 17 years at the firm, a Fortune 500 company recruited Kate to serve as its General Counsel. The position came with an office on the executive floor where she was the only female officer. Mercifully, the other women there filled her in on who was doing what to whom!
Passion for Women's Rights
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Average rating: 3.54 · 24 ratings · 14 reviews · 2 distinct works · Similar authors
Terminal Ambition, A Maggie...
3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2012
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2.33 of 5 stars 2.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012

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