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Answering the Call: African American Women in Higher Education Leadership (Journeys to Leadership Series) by Beverly L. Bower and Mimi Wolverton is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Answering the Call: African American Women in Higher Education Leadership (Journeys to Leadership Series) about?
Although much has been written about leaders and leadership, we unfortunately know little about women, particularly minority women, who fill this particular role. This book – the second in a series that explores women leaders in different contexts – presents the stories, and the reflections on their paths to leadership, of seven African American women. Five are, or have been, college presidents; three have devoted a good portion of their lives to leadership in higher education policy at state and/or national levels.Each has been the first woman, or first African American, or first African American woman in one or more of the positions of authority that she has held. Along the way, they have overcome the double bind of sexism and racism that can inhibit the professional attainment of African American women, particularly as they move toward the top of their professions. Although their pathways into leadership are different, definite similarities in their experiences, values, and beliefs emerge. Their values took root in the 1960s, a time of strong cohesion in the Black community, a time during which African Americans and women made great strides toward equality. They recognize that t
Who reads Answering the Call: African American Women in Higher Education Leadership (Journeys to Leadership Series)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Beverly L. Bower and Mimi Wolverton
- Publisher
- Stylus Publishing, LLC. P.O. Box 605, Herndon, VA 20172-0605. Tel: 800-232-0223; Tel: 703-661-1581; Fax: 703-661-1501; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: http://www.styluspub.com
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781000979763
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Science, Education, Social Science
- Rating
- 4 / 5 (3 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
