1st Edition
Outstanding Women in Public Administration Leaders, Mentors, and Pioneers
196 Pages
by
Routledge
196 Pages
by
Routledge
196 Pages
by
Routledge
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This first-of-its-kind project documents the contributions of women in public administration. It contains eight research-based case studies on women who have contributed to the field - academics, government managers, and activists. The women profiled are not from a random sample - they were selected based on their contributions to the theory and practice of public service. Each chapter relates the... Read more
Part 1. A Different Way of Serving; A Different Way of Seeing; 1. The Amazing Miss Burchfield, Mary E. Guy; 2. Josephine Goldmark, Hindy Lauer Schachter; 3. Mary Livermore: A Legacy of Caring and Cooperative Womanhood in Service to the State, Patricia M. Shields; 4. Feminine Pioneer: Nellie Tayloe Ross, First Woman Governor, Teva Scheer; Part 2. Pioneers in the Upper Echelons of the Federal Government; 5. Madame Secretary Frances Perkins, Meredith A. Newman; 6. Patricia Roberts Harris: A Pioneer Champion of Civil Rights and Social Justice, Elizabeth G. Williams; Part 3. Into the Twenty-First Century: More Women of Courage and Substance; 7. Naomi B. Lynn: Painting a Rich Canvas, Linda K. Richter; 8. Maxine Kurtz: Knocking Down Bars of the Invisible Cage, Van R. Johnston
Biography
Claire L. Felbinger, Wendy A Haynes
"...Outstanding Women [does] not simply state the obstacles that women face, but also the solutions that women have found to overcome gender barriers. [it] show[s] the innovativeness of women in the past, present, and the future and reveal a call for all people, regardless of gender, to continue their part in working toward sustainable solutions for women in leadership."
Hannah E. Poteete, Public Organiz. Review 2018
