Leading the way : young women's activism for social change / edited by Mary K. Trigg ; foreword by Mary S. Hartman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Trigg, Mary K., 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women.

Feminism.

Leadership.

Social change.

Physical Description:

xx, 235 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2010]

Contents:

Going back home : teaching literature and poetry to Latino and African American high school students / Kristy Clementina Perez

Soldier in a long white dress : notes from the battle for same-sex marriage / Andrea E. Vaccaro

Living while Muslim : human rights advocacy in the post-9/11 era / Arwa Ibrahim

"What are you?" : projecting the perspective of the in-between / Ingrid Hu Dahl

Leading by example : my mother's resilience and power in the fight against poverty / Rosanna Eang

Acting on a grander scale : ending health care disparities in the Latino community / Carol Mendez

Learning the meaning of one : reflections on social justice education / Jessica H. Greenstone

Storybooks and fairytales from rural Teso : leadership as local problem solving / Sivan Yosef

Navigating identity politics in activism : leading outside of one's community / Allison M. Attenello

Finding the face in public health policy : leadership learning through outreach / Courtney S. Turner

Eating with a spoon : learning from women at the grass roots of society / Dahlia Goldenberg

Giving voice to the unheard : writing with women in Trenton / Kristen Lyons Maravi

Moving through message : feminist counternarratives for social change / Liza Brice

The transformation of a Chrysalis : becoming a global citizen / Sasha Taner

Changing the face of leadership : legislators at large for American women / Edna Ishayik

Choosing nursing : a feminist odyssey / Jan Oosting Kaminsky

Safe keepers and wage earners : South Asian working women in the United States / Anuradha Shyam

Blurring the lines that divide : social change through activism, politics, and the space between / Shira Lynn Pruce

Practicing leadership : the unexpected plunge into politics / Alanna Chan

Stories from the sidelines : career versus family / Megan Pinand

Creating knowledge : feminist music scholarship as activism / Mary Simonson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780813546841

0813546842

9780813546858

0813546850

OCLC:

311075366