Advancing Women in Leadership

Singing for Leadership: Fostering the Development of Female Leaders Through Voice

This study investigates the link between development of voice via participation in singing, and the development of leadership qualities and capabilities in women. "Voice" is discussed as a metaphor for both leadership and personal leadership development, and the issue of how female voices are dismissed and/or suppressed is considered. The theoretical framework that undergirds this exploration is transformative learning, which is a process of making meaning of one's life experiences. Singing c...

So Pleasant to Be a School Ma'am: The Civil War As an Educational Force for Women

This paper draws from a collection of over one hundred and fifty letters Northern women wrote during the American Civil War to consider aspects of women's education during this devastating national conflict that spanned four bloody years and involved millions of Americans. Women's historians have explored the Civil War's varied reverberations for women's social roles, gendered consciousness, and political organizing, yet its educational implications remain an under-theorized aspect of the war...

Ranking the Top 100 Firms According to Gender Diversity

This study investigates gender diversity within the top 100 US firms. In particular, we study the gender diversity among the top executive officers listed in the 10-k or annual reports of the top 100 firms. Gender diversity is measured in two ways: by using the number of women serving as a top officer within the organization and by computing the proportion of women among the top officers. We further rank the firms on the basis of above-mentioned variables. There are no firms where the majorit...

Dealing with Dissonance in the Research Process

A distinguishing feature of feminist research is the researcher's willingness to investigate power relationships she has uncovered. When conducting research in contexts where participants have traditionally lacked power, the feminist researcher privileges voices of the study participants, ensuring they are heard. This paper explores the dilemma faced by a researcher who interviewed women in highly technical computer programming careers. Participants recognized that individually they were vict...