Clinton, 65, now faces persistent questions about whether she will mount a second White House run in 2016 to break perhaps thehighest remaining glassceiling.
The typical full-time woman worker still makes only 77 cents for every dollar paid to the typical man, and women still face a glassceiling in their efforts to reach thehighest positions in their fields.
Even before The Wall Street Journal coined the term "glass ceiling" 20 years ago, researchers debated why women seldom reach thehighest ranks in business.