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Junctures in women's leadership : social movements / edited by Mary K. Trigg and Alison R. Bernstein.

Contributor(s): Series: Junctures: case studies in women's leadershipPublisher: Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2016Edition: [Enhanced Credo edition]Description: 1 online resource (18 entries) ; digital filesContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781785398445
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 305.42 23
LOC classification:
  • HQ1236 .J86 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Eleanor Roosevelt and the universal declaration of human rights / Jo E. Butterfield and Blanche Wiesen Cook -- Daisy Bates and the NAACP / Bridget Gurtler -- Wangari Maathai and the Kenyan environmental and democratic movements / Rosemary Ndubuizu and Mary K. Trigg -- Aileen Clarke Hernandez : putting black women's issues in the forefront of the women's movement / Carolina Alonso Bejarano and Kim LeMoon -- Mirna Cunningham : indigenous women's rights and revolutionary change in Nicaragua / Miriam Tola and Alison Bernstein -- Gloria steinem : getting the message out "on the road and in the media" / Jeremy LaMaster and Mary K. Trigg -- Audre Lorde : "black, lesbian, feminist, mother, poet warrior" / Kathe Sandler and Beverly Guy-Sheftall -- Charlotte Bunch : leading from the margins as a global activist for women's rights / Mary K. Trigg and Stina Soderling -- Dazon Dixon Diallo : feminismáand the fight to combat HIV-AIDS / Stina Soderling and Alison Bernstein -- Cecile Richards : leading planned parenthood in the new millennium / Bridget Gurtler -- Bhairavi Desai : organizing immigrant labor with a feminist lens / C. Laura Lovin and Mary K. Trigg -- Thuli Madonsela : whispering truth to power / Taida Wolfe and Alison R. Bernstein -- Contributors -- Index.
Abstract: The case studies in Junctures in Womens Leadership: Social Movements demonstrate the diversity of ways that women around the world have practiced leadership, in many instances overcoming rigid cultural expectations about gender. Moreover, the cases provide a unique window into the ways that women leaders make decisions at moments of struggle and historical change.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Ebook Ebook NMC Library Credo Reference Online HQ1236 .J86 2016 EBOOK (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available online - NMC Login required 518778

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Eleanor Roosevelt and the universal declaration of human rights / Jo E. Butterfield and Blanche Wiesen Cook -- Daisy Bates and the NAACP / Bridget Gurtler -- Wangari Maathai and the Kenyan environmental and democratic movements / Rosemary Ndubuizu and Mary K. Trigg -- Aileen Clarke Hernandez : putting black women's issues in the forefront of the women's movement / Carolina Alonso Bejarano and Kim LeMoon -- Mirna Cunningham : indigenous women's rights and revolutionary change in Nicaragua / Miriam Tola and Alison Bernstein -- Gloria steinem : getting the message out "on the road and in the media" / Jeremy LaMaster and Mary K. Trigg -- Audre Lorde : "black, lesbian, feminist, mother, poet warrior" / Kathe Sandler and Beverly Guy-Sheftall -- Charlotte Bunch : leading from the margins as a global activist for women's rights / Mary K. Trigg and Stina Soderling -- Dazon Dixon Diallo : feminismáand the fight to combat HIV-AIDS / Stina Soderling and Alison Bernstein -- Cecile Richards : leading planned parenthood in the new millennium / Bridget Gurtler -- Bhairavi Desai : organizing immigrant labor with a feminist lens / C. Laura Lovin and Mary K. Trigg -- Thuli Madonsela : whispering truth to power / Taida Wolfe and Alison R. Bernstein -- Contributors -- Index.

The case studies in Junctures in Womens Leadership: Social Movements demonstrate the diversity of ways that women around the world have practiced leadership, in many instances overcoming rigid cultural expectations about gender. Moreover, the cases provide a unique window into the ways that women leaders make decisions at moments of struggle and historical change.

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