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2007 Chicago Network Census

Chicago Tribune, November 28, 2007, Barbara Rose, Women’s progress at Chicago firms slow
Ten years is a long time to wait for significant change in the corporate world, and women are still waiting...

Chicago Sun-Times, November 28, 2007 Francine Knowles, Female executives can’t break into boys club
Women continue to bang their heads against barriers despite making limited gains advancing to the top leadership positions at the Chicago area’s 50 biggest companies…

Crain's Chicago Business, November 28, 2007 Lorene Yue, Fewer women executives at big local firms
Women gained a seat in corporate board rooms this year but lost ground in executive offices at Chicago’s largest publicly traded companies…

Medill News Service, November 28, 2007, Sarah Phelan, Bleak outlook for women looking for top positions in Chicago workplace
The percent of women heading up top publicly traded suburban companies in the Chicago area have declined 2.2 percentage points to 14.7 percent this year according to the 2007 Chicago Network Census…

WBEZ, November 28, 2007, Stephanie Lecci, Few Women Achieve High Ranks at Chicago Businesses
Women have made minimal gains in achieving higher ranks at Chicago's 50 largest public companies over the last decade…

Chicago Sun-Times, December 11, 2007, Francine Knowles, How 2 local firms are fast-tracking women
Deloitte and McDonald’s are focusing on promoting women…

2006 Chicago Network Census

Chicago Tribune, January 22, 2006, Becky Yerak, Women missing from top earners at 35 big firms
Thirty-five of the Chicago area's 50 biggest companies didn't have a woman among their top earners in fiscal 2004, up from 32 such businesses the previous 12 months. Three companies had no women among their directors, top executives or top earners...

Chicago Tribune, January 26, 2006, Charles Storch, Women finding a place on boards of non-profits
There's a hole in the glass ceiling. An otherwise pessimistic report on the progress of women in senior corporate positions in the Chicago area finds a lone encouraging area, the non-profit sector. The Chicago Network, a group for professional women...

Chicago Tribune, January 27, 2006, Becky Yerak, Financial firms fail, too, in report card on women execs
A report released earlier this week gave a bleak assessment of women's standing in senior roles at the Chicago area's 50 biggest public companies, and financial-services firms were no exception.

Chicago Sun-Times, January 23, 2006, Sandra Guy, Female execs hard to find in corner office
Chicago's 50 largest public companies reported no female CEOs and promoted fewer women to executive posts, according to a 2005 study...

Crain's Chicago Business, January 23, 2006, Sandra Jones, Women making little progress in cracking glass ceiling
Women made little progress in cracking the glass ceiling in 2004 and in some cases backtracked, according to the Chicago Network Census, an annual report that tracks the advancement of women in business...