Women on Power Leadership Redefined [Paperback]

Women have made enormous strides into the professional workplace over the last two decades, yet few have assumed leadership roles in the higher ranks of predominately male occupations: business, politics, the professions, and sport. This pioneering collection by experts in a variety of disciplines combines theoretical discussions with historical and contemporary case studies to offer a fresh vista on how gender has influenced and redefined today's notions of leadership and power.

The provocative essays cover a broad range of topics, including the Boston Women's Health Book Collective, global perspectives on women's environmental activism, mothering as a catalyst to social activism, and women in the enclaves of veterinary medicine and sports.Experts in a variety of disciplines explore women's new roles in sport, politics, corporate America, and the professions, identifying arenas of success as well as persistent limits and barriers to women's leadership.Amazons and Warriors: The Image of the Powerful Woman (Jill Ker Conway, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Smith College)

Leadership and Power: New Conceptions (Sue J.M. Freeman and Susan C. Bourque, both Smith College)

Theoretical Issues

Women at the Top -- You've Come a Long Way, Baby. . . (Sue J.M. Freeman, Smith College)

The Problem of Silence in Feminist Psychology (Maureen A. Mahoney, Smith College)

Political Leadership for Women -- Redefining Power and Reassessing the Political (Susan C. Bourque, Smith College)

Leadership, Sport, and Gender (Mary Jo Kane, University of Minnesota)

Historical Case Studies -- Starting a Movement

Knowledge is Power: Our Bodies, Ourselves and the Boston Women’s Health Book Collective (Barbara A. Brehm, Smith College)

From Beijing to Atlanta and Beyond: The “Quiet” Revolution (Christine M. Shelton, Smith College)

Maternal Politics -- Global Perspectives

Marching Along with Motl³M