Junctures in women's leadership: social movements

2016 Choice Outstanding Academic Title From Eleanor Roosevelt to feminist icon Gloria Steinem to HIV/AIDS activist Dazon Dixon Diallo, women have assumed leadership roles in struggles for social justice. How did these remarkable women ascend to positions of influence? And once in power, what leadership strategies did they use to deal with various challenges? Junctures in Women's Leadership: Social Movements explores these questions by introducing twelve women who have spearheaded a wide array of social movements that span the 1940s to the present, working for indigenous peoples' rights, gender equality, reproductive rights, labor advocacy, environmental justice, and other causes. The women profiled here work in a variety of arenas across the globe: Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards, New York City labor organizer Bhairavi Desai, women's rights leader Charlotte Bunch, feminist poet Audre Lorde, civil rights activists Daisy Bates and Aileen Clarke Hernandez, Kenyan environmental activist Wangari Maathai, Nicaraguan revolutionary Mirna Cunningham, and South African public prosecutor Thuli Madonsela. What unites them all is the way these women made sacrifices, asked critical questions, challenged injustice, and exhibited the will to act in the face of often-harsh criticism and violence. The case studies in Junctures in Women's Leadership: Social Movements demonstrate the diversity of ways that women around the world have practiced leadership, in many instances overcoming rigid cultural expectations about gender. Moreover, the cases provide a unique window into the ways that women leaders make decisions at moments of struggle and historical change

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword to the Series -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- JoAnn Heffernan Heisen: Enabling Women's Leadership at Johnson & Johnson / Howard, Grace / Britton, Dana M. -- Sara Blakely: Reinventing Women's Shapewear with Spanx / Roberti, Amanda / Hetfield, Lisa -- Madam C. J. Walker: Leadership Grounded in Social and Racial Uplift / Ndubuizu, Rosemary / Hetfield, Lisa -- Diane McCarthy: Responding to Crisis through Connected Leadership at Verizon / McCollough, Kathleen E. / Hetfield, Lisa -- Jane Ni Dhulchaointigh: Changing the World through Participatory Design / Lovin, Laura / Britton, Dana M. -- Ursula Burns: Restructuring an American Icon at Xerox / Ndubuizu, Rosemary / Britton, Dana M. -- Alice Waters: Transforming American Food / Soderling, Stina / Hetfield, Lisa -- Avid Modjtabai: Leading Change at Wells Fargo / Roberti, Amanda / Britton, Dana M. -- Martha Stewart: The Rise, Fall, and Comeback of a Brand / Bejarano, Carolina Alonso / Hetfield, Lisa -- Barbara Krumsiek: Putting Social Responsibility on the Investment Agenda / Bedley, Crystal / Hetfield, Lisa -- Roseline Marston: Navigating Transition in an Employee-Owned Firm at A. D. Marble & Company / Bejarano, Carolina Alonso / Britton, Dana M. -- Subha Barry: Changing the Cultural DNA at Merrill Lynch / Howard, Grace / Britton, Dana M. -- Contributors -- Index

The case studies in Junctures in Women's Leadership: Social Movements introduce readers to twelve women from across the globe who have spearheaded a wide array of social movements, from gender equality to environmental justice. Examining how these women made sacrifices, asked critical questions, challenged injustice, and exhibited the will to act in the face of harsh criticism, these case studies also provide a unique window into the ways that women leaders make decisions at moments of struggle and historical change.

Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Joann heffernan Heisen : enabling women's leadership at Johnson & Johnson / Grace Howard and Dana M. Britton -- Sara Blakely : reinventing women's shapewear with spanx / Amanda Roberti and Lisa Hetfield -- Madam C.J. Walker : leadership grounded in social and racial uplift / Rosemary Ndubuizu and Lisa Hetfield -- Diane McCarthy : responding to crisis through connected leadership at Verizon / Kathleen E. McCollough and Lisa Hetfield -- Jane ni Dhulchaointigh : changing the world through participatory design / Laura Lovin and Dana M. Britton -- Ursula Burns : restructuring an American icon at Xerox / Rosemary Ndubuizu and Dana M. Britton -- Alice Waters : transforming American food / Stina Soderling and Lisa Hetfield -- Avid Modjtaba I: leading change at Wells Fargo / Amanda Roberti and Dana M. Britton -- Martha Stewart : the rise, fall, and comeback of a brand / Carolina Alonso Bejarano and Lisa Hetfield -- Barbara Krumsiek : putting social responsibility on the investment agenda / Crystal Bedley and Lisa Hetfield -- Roseline Marston : navigating transition in an employee owned firm at A.D. Marble & Company / Carolina Alonso Bejarano and Dana M. Britton -- Subha Barry : changing the cultural dna at Merrill Lynch / Grace Howard and Dana M. Britton -- Contributors -- Index