In 2014, it emerged that faulty ignition switches in over a million cars sold by manufacturing giant General Motors were putting customers at risk. While the company had known about the issue for years, the crisis shot into public consciousness just in time to crash down on the company’s first ever female CEO, Mary Barra, who had been promoted after over a century of male leadership.

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