Good morning! Men are threatened by women's equality, there's a new IVF lawsuit, and Fortune's editor-in-chief Alyson Shontell makes a guest appearance to share why MPW is going global. Enjoy your International Women's Day this Saturday.
- Going global. Despite the current frosty DEI climate, it's incredible to step back and think about the overall trajectory of working women over the past few decades.
It wasn't until 1974 that women in the U.S. won the legal right to open a bank account without a male cosigner. In the late 1990s, when Fortune first created our Most Powerful Women in Business ranking, women were just beginning to occupy C-suite roles. Now nearly 12% of all Fortune 500 companies are run by female CEOs. That's nowhere near parity, but it is certainly progress.
