1. glass ceiling - Noun
2. glass ceiling - Phrase
a ceiling based on attitudinal or organizational bias in the work force that prevents minorities and women from advancing to leadership positions
Source: WordNetAlthough we weren't able to shatter that highest, hardest glass ceiling this time, thanks to you, it's got about 18 million cracks in it. Hillary Clinton
Maybe the ghosts have a glass ceiling? Break through that glass ceiling ghosts! I plan to. Phil Brooks
I certainly came up in an era where women were really making strides and making a point to beat down doors and find their place and crash through the glass ceiling. Gina Torres
I never thought I was breaking a glass ceiling. I just had to do what I had to do, and it never occurred to me not to. Marian Wright Edelman
I believe women still face a glass ceiling that must be shattered. Andrew Cuomo
Often we women are risk averse. I needed the push. Now, more than ever, young women need more seasoned women to provide that encouragement, to take a risk, to go for it. Once a glass ceiling is broken, it stays broken. Jennifer Granholm