NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The percentage of women who hold leadership roles in business, higher education and government grows with each passing year – sometimes dramatically, sometimes incrementally.But every gain holds the promise of more gains, as young girls see opportunities previous generations didn’t.“Each of us stands on the shoulders of all the women in our chosen professions who have come before us, who have blazed a trail,” retired Navy Capt. Barbara Bell, a professor of leadership at Vanderbilt University and author of ”Flight Lessons: Navigating Through Life’s Turbulence and Learning to Fly High,” said. “Others have done the hard work, and we must too. Throughout my career, I learned many deepening skills of leadership and was privileged with many oppor
