Women and the Superintendency: Insights from Theory and History

Educational Administration Quarterly

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 633-662

  Tallerico, Marilyn ^a   Blount, Jackie M ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Equity; Gender studies; History; Superintendency; Women in educational leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 17044403701     PISSN: 0013161X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013161X04268837     Document Type: Article

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