Stock Soars: 2009 was Great for Female CEOs' Companies

"This may go down as the best year yet for female CEOs of large companies, but those corporate chiefs want to make it clear their success has nothing to do with chromosomes. 'Good leadership is about the person and has little to do with gender,' says Carol Meyrowitz, 55, CEO of retailer TJX Cos. (TJX), a stock that soared 79% in 2009. 'Good leadership and good performance (are) not about any one thing, but a host of factors and circumstances.'"