Sacred Dreams: Women and the Superintendency
, by Brunner, C. Cryss- ISBN: 9780791441602 | 0791441601
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 6/1/1999
Foreword | p. ix |
Preface | p. xv |
Introduction: "Scattered All over the Road" | p. 1 |
"Crawling through the Window of a Dream"--Surveying the Terrain | |
Introduction | p. 7 |
"Turning out the Ladies": Elected Women Superintendents and the Push for the Appointive System, 1900-1935 | p. 9 |
Women and the Superintendency: What Do We Really Know? | p. 29 |
"Do It Anyway"--Gaining Access | |
Introduction | p. 49 |
The Role of Search Consultants in the Career Paths of Women Superintendents | p. 51 |
Power, Gender, and Superintendent Selection | p. 63 |
Climbing Hills and Mountains: Black Females Making It to the Superintendency | p. 79 |
Seeking and Selecting Hispanic Female Superintendents | p. 91 |
"Small but Brilliant"--Living the Life | |
Introduction | p. 103 |
The First Years: What Should a Female Superintendent Know Beforehand? | p. 105 |
Redefinition of Self: Mexican-American Women Becoming Superintendents | p. 125 |
Getting inside History--Against All Odds: African-American Women School Superintendents | p. 141 |
Dancing in Red Shoes: Why Women Leave the Superintendency | p. 161 |
"One's True Song"--Authenticating Research | |
Introduction | p. 177 |
"Back Talk" from a Woman Superintendent: Just How Useful Is Research? | p. 179 |
A Feminist Poststructuralist Account of Collaboration: A Model for the Superintendency | p. 199 |
Thoughtful Practice: Responding with Questions from the Superintendency | p. 217 |
Epilogue | p. 221 |
Contributors | p. 225 |
Index | p. 229 |
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