Nation's Restaurant News editor, Carolyn Walkup, checks the progress of women in the foodservice industry. Thanks Carolyn!
 
It's the 21st century, and American career women have it made. Or so the myth goes.

In actuality women continue to struggle to reach the top rungs of the corporate ladder. Even in the foodservice industry, where the most visible role that of servers is dominated by women, female executives remain few and far between.