Ceiling Crasher

摘要

IN 1973, YOSHIKO SHINOHARA resolved to fix a problem in her native Japan: Too many women were being pushed down the traditional path of marriage and child rearing. "I was born in a family where my mother was a midwife and my father was a school principal... Women working always were in the back of my mind." Shinohara told Forbes Asia in 2015. "The importance of women being able to work as well as raise children left an indelible impression." From a cramped Tokyo apartment, Shinohara, who was married only briefly, founded a staffing business, Tempstaff, which focused on finding part-time jobs for women.