24 August 2022FeaturesInfluential Women in IPMuireann Bolger
‘Echoes of the old boys club’: social mobility in IP
Alice Stephenson’s journey to IP career success is an inspirational one. Pregnant at 18, and disowned and left homeless by her family, she ignored those who dismissed her dream of a successful professional career as she became a teenage mother.
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