cover image Members of the Club: The Coming of Age of Executive Women

Members of the Club: The Coming of Age of Executive Women

Dawn-Marie Driscoll. Free Press, $24.95 (424pp) ISBN 978-0-02-908065-8

Driscoll, an attorney, and Goldberg, a consultant, have crafted a superb study, arguing that the ``glass ceiling'' is a myth and that this is a period of ``dynamic change, full of opportunities for women . . . ready to lead the economic community.'' But what women need, according to the authors, is ``a clear picture of what life at the top is like.'' To that end, they present brilliant analyses of closed ``clubhouse'' doors, comfort zones, capitalist feminism and the Thomas-Hill hearings. Profiles of women executives highlight risk-taking, networking, institutional and international roadblocks and discrimination, ``old-boy networks,'' golf (``the link that counts''), health and family issues, and the need for women to create coalitions and organizations. This is among the notable business titles of the year. (Nov.)