The article presents some comments on the work of executive women in Brazil during the late 20th century. In the first section, based on official statistics (Census and Household Surveys, data from the Ministry of Labor, Ministry of Education and others), it presents some general trends of labor insertion of Brazilian women in that period, aiming at building the context in which the work of executive women emerged and was consolidated. The second part presents a short analysis of the presence of executive women in top level positions in Brazilian corporations of the formal economy, in 2000, based on data from the Ministry of Labor. The third and last section presents the results of interviews with 10 executive women of different corporations.
WORKERS; WOMEN; STATISTICAL DATA; LABOUR MARKET
