Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Publisher's Preface and Acknowledgements -- Part I: Women in an Evolving Society -- Women and Men as Leaders -- The Study of Transformational and Transactional Leadership -- Women's Developmental Patterns and Implications for Leadership -- Feminism in World History -- Patriarchy in History and Practice -- Gender Stereotypes and Women Leaders -- Childhood Socialization and Leadership Development -- Part II: Women and Social Change -- Women's Emancipation Movements -- Women's Suffrage in the United States -- Leadership in the Women's Movement -- International Reproductive Rights Movement -- Birth Control Laws and Advocacy in the United States -- Women in the Gay and Lesbian Rights Movement -- An Overview of Conservation and Environmental Movements -- Women in Sustainable Development and Ecofeminism -- Women and Social Change Leadership -- Anthony, Susan B. -- Wells-Barnett, Ida B. -- Goldman, Emma -- Sanger, Margaret -- Carson, Rachel -- Friedan, Betty -- Part III: Women in Politics -- An Overview of Women's Political Leadership -- The Gender Gap in US Political Leadership -- Leading from the Fringes: Women's Paths to Political Power -- Women in International Diplomacy -- Imperialism and Gender -- Wu Zetian -- Elizabeth I -- Catherine the Great -- Cixi, Empress Dowager -- Roosevelt, Eleanor -- Soong Mei-ling -- Jiang Qing -- Part IV: The Spectrum of Women's Leadership -- The Gender-based Structure of Work -- Women in Business Leadership: Challenges and Development -- The Evolution of Women Leaders in the Film Industry -- Women and Leadership in Literature -- The Brighton Declaration and Women's Leadership in Sports -- Women in Utopian Religions and Cults -- Women in the Missionary Movement -- Chanel, Coco -- Alice Milliat and the Women's World Games -- Song Qingling.

Mead, Margaret -- Mother Teresa -- King, Billie Jean -- Winfrey, Oprah -- Epilogue: Further Reading and Resources -- About the Editors -- Index.

Women and Leadership: History, Concepts, and Case Studies provides valuable research by experts on leadership and women's history to help students and citizens who want a more nuanced explanation of what we know about women as leaders - and about how they have led in different fields, in different parts of the world, and in past centuries.

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