![Gladys Berejiklian rose to the top in NSW in 2017.](/web/20170425220952im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/v/n/r/g/b/image.related.wideLandscape.620x349.gvnr1f.grbrys.png/1492811384996.jpg)
Can a woman survive in Australian politics?
When NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian first went to school, she couldn't speak English. She wound up dux. The daughter of immigrants adopted the same single-minded focus to politics, rising to the top in NSW in 2017.