Leading the way
Subtitle: young women's activism for social change
By: edited by Mary K. Trigg ; foreword by Mary S. Hartman.
Contributors: Trigg, Mary K., 1955-
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9780813546841; 9780813546858
Subjects: Women; Feminism; Leadership; Social change
Description: Overview: Leading the Way is a collection of personal essays written by twenty-one young, hopeful American women who describe their work, activism, leadership, and efforts to change the world. It responds to critical portrayals of this generation of "twenty-somethings" as being disengaged and apathetic about politics, social problems, and civic causes. Bringing together graduates of a women's leadership certificate program at Rutgers University's Institute for Women's Leadership, these essays provide a contrasting picture to assumptions about the current death of feminism, the rise of selfishness and individualism, and the disaffected Millennium Generation. Reflecting on a critical juncture in their lives-the years during college and the beginning of careers or graduate studies-the contributors' voices demonstrate the ways that diverse, young, educated women in the United States are embodying and formulating new models of leadership, at the same time as they are finding their own professional paths, ways of being, and places in the world. They reflect on controversial issues such as gay marriage, gender, racial profiling, war, immigration, poverty, urban education, and health care reform in a post-9/11 era. Leading the Way introduces readers to young women who are being prepared and empowered to assume leadership roles with men in all public arenas, and to accept equal responsibility for making positive social change in the twenty-first century. Mary K. Trigg is an associate professor in the department of women's and gender studies and director of leadership programs and research at the Institute for Women's Leadership, Rutgers University.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Going back home : teaching literature and poetry to Latino and African American high school students / Kristy Clementina Perez; title: Soldier in a long, white dress : notes from the battle for same-sex marriage / Andrea E. Vaccaro; title: Living while Muslim : human rights advocacy in the post-9/11 era / Arwa Ibrahim; title: "What are you?" : projecting the perspective of the in-between / Ingrid Hu Dahl; title: Leading by example : my mother's resilience and power in the fight against poverty / Rosanna Eang; title: Acting on a grander scale : ending healthcare disparities in the Latino community / Carol Mendez; title: Learning the meaning of one : reflections on social justice education / Jessica H. Greenstone; title: Storybooks and fairytales from rural Teso : leadership as local problem solving / Sivan Yosef; title: Navigating identity politics in activism : leading outside of one's community / Allison M. Attenello; title: Finding the face in public health policy : leadership learning through outreach / Courtney S. Turner; title: Eating with a spoon : learning from women at the grassroots of society / Dahlia Goldenberg; title: Giving voice to the unheard : writing with women in Trenton / Kristen Lyons Maravi; title: Moving through message : feminist counter narratives for social change / Liza Brice; title: The transformation of a Chrysalis : becoming a global citizen / Sasha Taner; title: Changing the face of leadership : legislators at large for American women / Edna Ishayik; title: Choosing nursing : a feminist odyssey / Jan Oosting Kaminsky; title: Safe keepers and wage earners : South Asian working women in the United States / Anuradha Shyam; title: Blurring the lines that divide : social change through activism, politics, and the space between / Shira Lynn Pruce; title: Practicing leadership : the unexpected plunge into politics / Alanna Chan; title: Stories from the sidelines : career vs. family / Megan Pinand; title: Creating knowledge : feminist music scholarship as activism / Mary Simonson.