25 Career-Inspiring Women

This collection of speeches spotlights the world's top career-inspiring women. Each woman featured here boasts a long list of tremendously admirable accomplishments and qualities. These women are involved in a wide variety of careers and industries including entrepreneurial endeavors, CEO positions and international politics.

These career-inspiring women not only serve as wonderful role models for females -- both young and old -- they also motivate women to stand up for themselves and fight for their career aspirations and life goals. By sharing their success stories, determination and perseverance through difficult times such as workplace discrimination, they offer hope and invaluable advice for other women.

Oprah Winfrey and J.K. Rowling empower women to see the value in failing during their speeches, both sharing personal experiences of setbacks in their careers and the value in taking risks.

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg proves that women can have a family and successful career. She encourages women to take charge of the important decisions in their lives as well as to take ownership of their triumphs and success.

These women not only illustrate what members of the female population today are capable of, but they also remind society of their crucial role in making the world a better place.