Sacred dreams : women and the superintendencybyC Cryss Brunner

"Scattered all over the road" / C. Cryss Brunner -- Part 1: "Crawling through the window of a dream"--surveying the terrain / C. Cryss Brunner -- Chapter 1: "Turning our the ladies": elected women superintendents and the push for the appointive system, 1900-1935 / Jackie M. Blount -- Chapter 2: Women and the superintendency: What do we really know? / Marilyn Tallerico -- Part 2: "Do it anyway"--gaining access / C. Cryss Brunner -- Chapter 3: The role of search consultants in the career paths of women superintendents / Estelle Kamler and Charol Shakeshaft -- Chapter 4: Power, gender, and superintendent selection / C. Cryss Brunner -- Chapter 5: Climbing hills and mountains: black females making it to the superintendency / Judy A. Alston -- Chapter 6: Seeking and selecting Hispanic female superintendents / Flora Ida Ortiz -- Part 3: "Small but brilliant"--living the life / C. Cryss Brunner -- Chapter 7: The first years: what should a female superintendent know beforehand? / Barbara Nelson Pavan -- Chapter 8: Redefinition of self: Mexican-American women becoming superintendents / Sylvia E. Méndez-Morse -- Chapter 9: Getting inside history--against all odds: African American women school superintendents / Barbara L. Jackson -- Chapter 10: Dancing in red shoes: why women leave the superintendency / Cynthia Beekley -- Part 4: "One's true song"--authenticating research / C. Cryss Brunner -- Chapter 11: "Back talk" from a woman superintendent: Just how useful is research? / C. Cryss Brunner -- Chapter 12: A feminist poststructuralist account of collaboration: a model for the superintendency / Margaret Grogan -- Chapter 13: Thoughtful practice: responding with questions from the superintendency / Debra Jackson -- Epilogue / Susan Chase.