Boston Globe Magazine | Women & Power

The 2022 issue

The Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts

The Women’s Edge and Globe Magazine celebrate the state’s leading companies and nonprofits run by women.

Barbara Clarke began investing in women-owned companies in 2013.

‘Write the damn check’: How female funders can help women entrepreneurs grow

By Shirley Leung

Election campaign badge button with the word "Her" written on it

Despite its progressive reputation, Massachusetts has lagged in women’s representation

By Stephanie Ebbert

MIT student Elizabeth E. Brennan (left) and Boston University student Victoria Gonzalez-Canalle work on signs for the Sept. 14 Stand Up and Be Counted rally held at MIT, which Gonzalez-Canalle helped organize.

‘FemTech’ and a moonshot for menstruation science

By Linda G. Griffith

Nine key skills all effective leaders tend to showcase

By Lynn Perry Wooten

Photo illustration of two women in a lab setting wearing lab coats. One is looking into a microscope and the other is working with test tubes.

Why a ‘near peer’ can be the best kind of mentor

By Sarah Shemkus

Top row from left: Claire Spofford, Frederica M. Williams, and Lisa S. Wieland. Bottom row from left: Maura Hughes, Sarah Spillane, and Susan W. Murley.

‘Resist the temptation to fit the mold’

As told to Susan Moeller

7 inspiring podcasts and books for aspiring women leaders

By Chelsea Henderson

When the person bullying you is you

By Joanna Carmona

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Past honorees and coverage

The 2021 Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts

The 2020 Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts

The 2019 Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts

The ‘empathy advantage’ of great women leaders

Women still make less at work. Follow this advice to negotiate for the pay you deserve

Strong women can do all the things. Right?

Mariama White-Hammond at Boston City Hall.

Meet four leaders fighting for clean air, clean energy, and a healthy future for Boston

Latoyia Edwards at the NBCU Boston Media Center in Needham.

Why Boston TV anchor Latoyia Edwards now wears braids on the morning news

It’s time for Black girls and women to feel empowered to wear their hair how they choose — and for society to embrace them.