Goldman Director Says Women Still Face 1980s Work Issues
- She recounts harassment at DuPont and unequal pay at GE
- Feminist icon Steinem also speaks at event held by Evercore
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After companies promised for decades to fix the work environment for women, former DuPont Co. chief Ellen Kullman is watching her daughter encounter many of the same challenges that she did as a young adult in the 1980s.
The realization “killed me,” Kullman, who now sits on boards including Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s, told about 100 women at an event in New York Thursday. “My daughter was surprised when she was faced with it because she was brought up believing the world is now a fair place.”