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[00:00.00]2016 is a big year for American women.
[00:05.77]Last month, Hillary Clinton became the first woman
[00:10.13]to receive a major party nomination for president in the United States.
[00:17.08]But does her nomination mean all restrictions on woman and their careers are gone?
[00:25.67]The term "glass ceiling" is often used to describe an unseen barrier
[00:33.20]that stops women and minorities from moving up in their careers.
[00:39.94]American small business owners said in an opinion survey
[00:45.63]that the glass ceiling remains in place,
[00:50.44]even with Hillary Clinton running for president.
[00:54.56]Bank of America contacted 1,001 business owners
[01:00.52]from across the country for their opinion on the issue.
[01:04.88]Seventy-seven percent of the women,
[01:07.78]and 56 percent of the men said they believe the barrier still exists
[01:15.49]for some women and members of minority groups.
[01:20.14]Aquila Leon-Soon is chief executive officer of Advance Talent Solutions,
[01:27.79]a company that helps non-profit groups and government with finding workers.
[01:35.00]She told VOA the glass ceiling is very real.
[01:40.93]"I think that glass ceiling does exist and I would like for people
[01:45.76]to even think more about how it impacts women entrepreneurs."
[01:49.32]Entrepreneurs launch businesses and are willing to risk money to make money.
[01:56.84]The Bank of America survey found that 54 percent of women small business owners
[02:04.63]did not feel affected by the glass ceiling.
[02:08.91]But 46 percent said they had felt limited by it at some time in their careers.
[02:17.76]Sharon Miller is head of small business at Bank of America.
[02:22.68]She told VOA the survey shows that more women small business owners
[02:29.83]are hopeful about their companies making money than men.
[02:35.06]And more women than men plan to grow their business over the next five years.
[02:43.65]Miller said that "from 2015 to 2016, the number of men small-business owners
[02:52.74]expressing optimism about revenue and growth declined significantly,
[03:00.29]more than 15 percentage points."
[03:04.26]Most American companies are small businesses
[03:08.76]-- ones with less than 500 employees.
[03:12.99]The U.S. Small Business Administration says
[03:17.19]small businesses make up more than 99 percent of American companies.
[03:24.12]Miller says the survey found that women want to operate their own businesses.
[03:31.43]"When we asked why did you become an entrepreneur,
[03:35.45]why did you open your own small business,
[03:37.23]most of the women answered because I want to be my own boss,
[03:41.75]because I want to take control of my own destiny."
[03:45.27]She added they found that women were not opening businesses
[03:50.79]because they were unhappy in their old job.
[03:55.54]"Those are running towards something, not away.
[03:58.75]So it wasn't because I was unhappy in my previous role or didn't like it,
[04:03.19]it's that I wanted to build something for myself."
[04:05.91]A big part of getting a business started
[04:09.05]is finding the capital, or money, to finance it.
[04:13.75]Some people may have to use credit cards,
[04:18.19]or borrow money from family or friends,
[04:21.25]or get traditional loans for their businesses.
[04:24.93]The survey found that more than one in four women
[04:29.55]still feel they do not have the same access to capital as men.
[04:35.38]Leon-Soon knows about that.
[04:38.23]She says, the first time she went to a bank
[04:41.62]to get a loan to pay her employees, she was rejected.
[04:46.92]Now that her company is established,
[04:50.24]she does not have trouble getting money.
[04:53.32]But she says people are still surprised to find women in top leadership.
[05:00.51]"Often I am asked, and people are surprised,
[05:05.60]they're like, well, can I talk to your boss?
[05:07.69]And I say, I am the boss. They're like REALLY?!"
[05:09.89]She says people are also surprised
[05:13.15]when they find out a successful company is led by a woman.
[05:19.76]"And that shows that as a nation we have a lot more
[05:24.62]that we need to do to change the way people
[05:28.22]view entrepreneurs, and how successful women can be."
[05:32.30]And that most likely means there is a lot more work to be done
[05:38.07]to make that glass ceiling disappear.
[05:42.25]I'm Anne Ball.
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