I am interested in this. May I ask, without intent to insult, what makes you think so?
Because she's my age, she was a woman in a man's world and so she got their on her own and not as a result of NOW and affirmative action etc. It is a talent I have consistantly seen in women who got there on their own who started in that time period.
It's hard to explain to someone who hasn't been through it, but it is a survival tactic for bright women who blaze trails. I'm talking here about self made women.