| Description |
xii, 184 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
PART I. A DIFFERENT WAY OF SERVING, A DIFFERENT WAY OF SEEING -- A different way of serving, a different way of seeing -- The amazing Miss Burchfield / Mary E. Guy -- Josephine Goldmark : champion of scientific management and social reform / Hindy Lauer Schachter -- Mary Livermore : a legacy of caring and cooperative womanhood in service to the state / Patricia M. Shields -- Feminine pioneer : Nellie Tayloe Ross, first woman governor / Teva J. Scheer -- PART II. PIONEERS IN THE UPPER ECHELONS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT -- Pioneers in the upper echelons of the federal government -- Madame secretary Frances Perkins / Meredith A. Newman -- Patricia Roberts Harris: a pioneer champion of civil rights and social justice / Elizabeth G. Williams -- PART III. INTO THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: MORE WOMEN OF COURAGE AND SUBSTANCE -- Into the twenty-first century : more women of courage and substance -- Naomi B. Lynn : painting a rich canvas / Linda K. Richter -- Maxine Kurtz : knocking down bars of the invisible cage / Van R. Johnston. |
| Subject |
Women in public life -- United States -- Biography.
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Women in the civil service -- United States -- Biography.
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Women -- Political activity -- United States -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Felbinger, Claire L.
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Haynes, Wendy A., 1949-
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| ISBN |
0765613689 cloth alkaline paper |
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