Breaking Into the All-Male Club: Female Professors of Educational Administration Contributor(s): Mertz, Norma T. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1438424957 ISBN-13: 9781438424958 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2009 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Education | Administration - General |
Dewey: 379.26 |
LCCN: 2008035108 |
Series: Suny Series, Women in Education (Hardcover) |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (0.95 lbs) 203 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: These are the inspiring and illuminating stories of women professors who first broke into the exclusive, all-male academic club of educational administration. Women of this pioneering generation tell how they overcame daunting challenges, traumas, the naivet of others, sexual harassment, and retaliation, as well as how they encountered unexpected kindness and support along the way. Their difficult paths, complex choices, and triumphs are revealed through the experiences of the first black woman professor in educational administration, a fight to the death for tenure, a genteel southerner's confrontation with the aloof North, and a brash northerner's survival of the cultural complexities of the South. These stories speak not simply to women, but to all trailblazers in the workplace, and to those still facing discrimination and relegated to outsider status. |