There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there are families.
The battle for women's rights has been largely won.
What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.
I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near.
Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan.