I was always so proud of achieving more - succeeding in a high-powered career that would have been closed to my great-aunts.

For some, it brought high-powered careers, travel and money.

Yet the likelihood that so many young women plan to opt out of high-powered careers presents a conundrum.

Very rarely have women pursued high-powered careers while also marrying and raising children.

But few do so while also pursuing a high-powered career on Wall Street.

The reverse situation can also apply, especially if the wife had a high-powered career.

As he tells it, Mr. Durham wanted both a high-powered career and a family life.

"I always tell people, if you want to have a high-powered career, you need a supportive husband and good household help," she said.

"But there are a lot of women who manage to nurse and keep up high-powered careers."

"Janine strives to balance the responsibilities that go with her high-powered career and the demands of home life."