Breaking into the All-Male Club: Female Professors of Educational Administration Book

Preface vii

1 Framing the Stories Norma T. Mertz 1

2 A First Woman with Clout Edith A. Rusch Barbara L. Jackson 13

3 Breaking Through Martha McCarthy 27

4 Nothing Except a Battle Lost Can Be Half So Melancholy as a Battle Won: A Fight for Tenure Carolyn J. Wood 37

5 Traversing the Fault Line Ellen V. Bueschel Nelda Cambron-McCabe 51

6 Where the Boys Were...With Apologies to Connie Francis Normal T. Mertz 67

7 Goodness of Fit Diana G. Pounder 79

8 First Ladies in the Academy Deborah A. Verstegen 91

9 From School Administrator to University Professor Betty Malen 103

10 The "Accidental" Professor Nona A. Prestine 115

11 Resistance and Determination: Faculty Experiences of a Women Religious Patricia A. Bauch 125

12 From the Bush to the Ivory Tower Mary Gardiner 141

13 One Woman's Struggle to Include and Be Included Carolyn M. Keeler 155

14 Being First: Stories of Social Complexities Paula Myrick Short 167

15 My Life as a Trophy Edith A. Rusch 175

16 Making Meaning of the Stories Norma T. Mertz 187

Unfinished, Uncertain Chronology of Women's Entry into the All-Male Educational Administration Professoriate 199

Contributors 201