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Outstanding Women in Public Administration : Leaders, Mentors, and Pioneers.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2004Copyright date: ©2004Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (197 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781317463313
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Outstanding Women in Public AdministrationDDC classification:
  • 305.42092273
LOC classification:
  • HQ1391.U5.O928 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I. A Different Way of Serving, a Different Way of Seeing -- 1. The Amazing Miss Burchfield -- 2. Josephine Goldmark: Champion of Scientific Management and Social Reform -- 3. Mary Livermore: A Legacy of Caring and Cooperative Womanhood in Service to the State -- 4. Feminine Pioneer: Nellie Tayloe Ross, First Woman Governor -- Part II. Pioneers in the Upper Echelons of the Federal Government -- 5. Madam Secretary Frances Perkins -- 6. Patricia Roberts Harris: A Pioneer Champion of Civil Rights and Social Justice -- Part III. Into the Twenty-First Century: More Women of Courage and Substance -- 7. Naomi B. Lynn: Painting a Rich Canvas -- 8. Maxine Kurtz: Knocking Down Bars of the Invisible Cage -- Afterword -- About the Editors and Contributors -- Name Index.
Summary: Eight research-based case studies are presented in this text, which seeks to present the contributions of women in public administration, as academics, government managers and activists. Each chapter relates the life and work of each subject to the broad issues faced by the public servants of today.
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I. A Different Way of Serving, a Different Way of Seeing -- 1. The Amazing Miss Burchfield -- 2. Josephine Goldmark: Champion of Scientific Management and Social Reform -- 3. Mary Livermore: A Legacy of Caring and Cooperative Womanhood in Service to the State -- 4. Feminine Pioneer: Nellie Tayloe Ross, First Woman Governor -- Part II. Pioneers in the Upper Echelons of the Federal Government -- 5. Madam Secretary Frances Perkins -- 6. Patricia Roberts Harris: A Pioneer Champion of Civil Rights and Social Justice -- Part III. Into the Twenty-First Century: More Women of Courage and Substance -- 7. Naomi B. Lynn: Painting a Rich Canvas -- 8. Maxine Kurtz: Knocking Down Bars of the Invisible Cage -- Afterword -- About the Editors and Contributors -- Name Index.

Eight research-based case studies are presented in this text, which seeks to present the contributions of women in public administration, as academics, government managers and activists. Each chapter relates the life and work of each subject to the broad issues faced by the public servants of today.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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