Gender and women's leadership : a reference handbook / Karen O'Connor, editor.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Vol. 1. Overview : feminist theories of leadership/ Lisa Pace Vetter -- The development of children's perceptions of leadership/ Kimberlee Salmond and Paula Fleshman -- The consequences of gender for women's political leadership/ Georgia Duerst-Lahti -- Intersectionalities of race and gender and leadership/ Wendy G. Smooth -- Women's leadership within their communities/ Erin E. O'Brien and Jennifer Shea -- Women's political ambition/ Jennifer L. Lawless -- Overview : history of women's public leadership/ Lois Duke Whitaker -- Women's leadership and third-wave feminism/ Kathleen Iannello -- Women as leaders in Congress/ Courtenay W. Daum -- Women as leaders in executive service/ Julie Dolan -- Women judges as leaders/ Alixandra B. Yanus -- Women as leaders in the military/ Judith Hicks Stiehm -- Women in state legislatures/ Sue Thomas -- Women in local government ; Spotlight : Shirley Franklin/ Laura van Assendelft -- Viewing women's political leadership through a rural electoral lens : Canada as a case study/ Louise Carbert -- Women's organizations as leaders in finding and supporting female candidates/ Peter L. Francia -- Roadblocks on the path to political leadership : women's roles in congressional elections, incumbency, and parties/ Barbara Palmer and Dennis Simon -- The mentor gap : a barrier to women in legislative leadership/ Cindy Simon Rosenthal -- Overview : history of women leaders in social movements/ Karen O'Connor and Alixandra B. Yanus -- Women as leaders in the progressive movement/ Camilla Stivers -- Women leaders in the civil rights movement/ Belinda Robnett -- Spotlight : Anita Hill/ Marla H. Kohlman -- Women as leaders in the Latina/o movement/ Linda Lay Mancillas -- Women's leadership in the environmental movement/ Cecilia M. Herles -- Women's leadership in liberal PennsylvaniaCs/ Jamie Pimlott -- Women as leaders in conservative women's organizations/ Ronee Schreiber -- Women as leaders in lesbian organizations/ Karen O'Connor and Alixandra B. Yanus -- Women's leadership in the domestic violence movement/ Juley Fulcher and Shaina Goodman -- Women's leadership in the fight against human trafficking/ Theresa Loar and Laura Ardito -- Women as leaders to achieve equal rights in the workplace/ Carolyn B. Maloney -- Women leaders in the peace/antiwar movements/ Carolyn M. Stephenson -- Overview : women's leadership in the global context/ Medha Nanivadekar -- Women's leadership and the United Nations in the global women's rights movement/ Jolynn Shoemaker and Allison Adams-Alwine -- Spotlight : Melanne Verveer/ Stephanie Foster -- Women as presidents, prime ministers, and government ministers/ Pamela Paxton and Melanie M. Hughes -- Women's political leadership in the European Union/ Yvonne Galligan and Fiona Buckley -- Women's leadership in Africa/ Rosemarie Skaine -- Women's leadership in Latin America/ Judith Gentleman -- Women's leadership in the Middle East and North Africa/ Zeina Zaatari -- Women's leadership in the South Pacific/ Rae Nicholl -- Women's leadership in Asia/ Hasna Jasimuddin Moudud -- Women's leadership in Japan and Taiwan/ Joyce Gelb -- Women's leadership in the Russian Federation, Ukraine, and Belarus/ Dawn Nowacki and Sue Davis -- Women's leadership in Eurasia/ Sue Davis and Dawn Nowacki -- Overview : women leaders in the business and profit sector/ Barbara Bird -- Women as leaders in the union movement/ Silke Roth -- Women as leaders in international microfinance/ Deborah Burand -- Women as entrepreneurs and business owners/ Dorothy Perrin Moore -- Spotlight : Mary Kay Ash/ Daniel Alef -- Women lawyers as leaders/ Mary Clark -- Women's leadership in corporate America/ Catherine H. Tinsley and Emily T. Amanatullah.

Vol. 2. Overview : women as leaders in religion and religious organizations/ Georgie Ann Weatherby -- Women as leaders in Buddhism/ Karma Lekshe Tsomo -- Women as leaders in Catholicism/ Mary E. Hunt -- Women as leaders in Hinduism/ Vanaja Dhruvarajan -- Women as leaders in Islam/ Ahmed E. Souaiaia -- Women as leaders in Judaism/ Shifra Bronznick, Didi Goldenhar, and Joanna Samuels -- Women as leaders in Mormonism/ Dorothy Allred Solomon -- Women as leaders in the Pentecostal/Charismatic religions/ Estrelda Alexander -- Women as leaders in Protestant denominations/ Melissa Deckman -- Overview : women as leaders in academia/ Jana Nidiffer -- Women as leaders in women's colleges/ Irene Harwarth -- Women's leadership in education : university presidents/ Susan R. Madsen -- Women's leadership in historically black colleges and universities/ Gaetane Jean-Marie -- Women's leadership in the development of African American studies/ Renee T. White -- Women's leadership in the development of Latina/o studies/ Edwina Barvosa and Michelle P. Baca -- Women's leadership in the development of American Indian studies/ Clara Sue Kidwell -- Women's leadership in the development of women and gender studies/ Mekell T. Mikell, Swapna Pathak, and Laura R. Woliver -- Spotlight : Elizabeth Fox-Genovese/ Shelia O'Connor-Ambrose -- Women's leadership in biology/ Shirley Key -- Women's leadership in mathematics/ Mary W. Gray -- Women's leadership in anthropology/ Keri Vacanti Brondo -- Women's leadership in economics/ Ivy Broder -- Women's leadership in political science/ Shauna Lani Shames -- Women's leadership in sociology/ Gillian Niebrugge, Patricia Lengermann, and Bette Dickerson -- Women's leadership in engineering/ Teresa L. Larkin -- Overview : leadership in women's health/ Marian Lief Palley -- Women's leadership in the development of nursing/ Karen Kelly -- Women's leadership in the development of medicine/ Reshma Jagsi -- Spotlight : Alvenia Fulton/ Frederick Douglass Opie -- Women's leadership in the reproductive rights movement/ Jessica Waters -- Women as leaders in the contraceptive movement/ Carole McCann -- Spotlight : Margaret Sanger/ Karen O'Connor -- Overview : women in the media/ Lynne Perri -- Women as leaders in broadcast TV news and print journalism/ Jane Hall -- Women as leaders in the digital age/ Morra Aarons-Mele -- Women as leaders in television/ Natalie Greene -- Women as leaders in public relations/ Dionne C. Clemons -- Women as leaders in alternative media/ Danna L. Walker -- Women as leaders in television news/ Gemma Puglisi -- Spotlight : Barbara Walters/ Jon L. Weakley -- Overview : women in sports/ Mary A. Hums -- Women's leadership in the Olympic movement/ Mary A. Hums -- Women's leadership in the enactment and enforcement of Title IX/ Athena Yiamouyiannis -- Women as leaders in intercollegiate athletics/ Heidi Grappendorf -- Women as leaders in professional sport/ Meghan O'Connor McDonogh -- Spotlight : Billie Jean King/ Meghan O'Connor McDonogh -- Women as leaders in sports education/ Glenna G. Bower -- Overview : women in the arts/ Ming Turner -- Women's leadership in the fine arts/ Wendy Slatkin -- Women's leadership in the performing arts/ Mary Buckley -- Women's leadership in western music since 1800/ Rachel Lumsden -- Women writers as leaders/ Martine Watson Brownley -- Women's leadership in fashion design/ Jane Tynan -- Women's leadership in romance fiction scholarship/ Stephanie Moody -- Women's leadership in interior design/ John C. Turpin and Denise A. Guerin -- Overview : women's leadership in selected public policy advocacy arenas/ M. Margaret Conway -- Women's political leadership : what's wrong with the American state and how to fix it/ Eileen McDonagh -- Spotlight : a woman president? / Eleanor Clift.

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