Women's work is still women's work. The vast majority of women working in Washington schools hold clerical, aide, or elementary teaching positions. I less desirable locations, with expanded responsibilities, with fewer support staff, and for lower pay. Ten of Washington' s smallest, most isolated districts are headed by women who work as teachers, principals, and superintendents for salaries below the state mean. We cannot allow ourselves to be lulled into thinking that we are making progress when in fact the school superintendency remains a strongly held male bastion.
Men continue to retain control of superintendencies and principalships.
Endnotes 1 Salaries were spot-checked through personal contact with the superintendents. Survey concerning percentage of female superintendents by state conducted Fall 1996. The economics of women, men, and work . U.S. Government Printing Office. Oxford University Press.