Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel — PICTURE: GETTY IMAGES I come from a long line of strong, capable women, women who defied the strictures of the time in which they lived, women who defined for me the path that is available to those willing to take it, regardless of gender or race.These women shaped and moulded me; they cracked glass ceilings, weakening them just enough for women like me to kick through them and bring them crashing down. Perhaps not crashing — perhaps widening the crack?And not because they were educated or rich or privileged or even confident and outgoing.They were just… extraordinary, these women in my life.They were finance ministers, drawing up budgets and doling out cash as needed. These finance ministers hired specialists to help: piano teachers and extra maths lesson givers and hockey coaches.They were investment bankers, helping to raise capital to finance things, like university fees or a sweet 16 party frock or a...
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