Executive Women and the Myth of Having It All. When it comes to having a high-powered career and a family, the painful truth is that women in the United States don't "have it all." At least one-third of successful career women are childless, and most yearn for motherhood. Meanwhile, the majority of women at the higher levels of their professions who have chosen to raise families have been marginalized in their careers. And here's the most disturbing part: The next generation of women may be even worse off.