Leading with Her Life: An African American Feminist (Re)Interpretation of Leadership for an Urban High School Principal.

Dillard, Cynthia B.

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ERIC Number: EJ513433

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Publication Date: 1995

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Leading with Her Life: An African American Feminist (Re)Interpretation of Leadership for an Urban High School Principal.

Dillard, Cynthia B.

Educational Administration Quarterly, v31 n4 p539-63 Nov 1995

What is the relationship among meaningful personal and professional acts of leadership, creation of a school culture honoring diversity, and assumptions about effective schools? This case study of a female, African American, urban principal explores and reinterprets traditional conceptualizations of effective leadership, given schools' increasing diversity. (48 references) (MLH)

Descriptors: Blacks, Case Studies, Cultural Pluralism, Diversity (Student), Feminism, High Schools, Leadership Effectiveness, Leadership Qualities, Personal Narratives, Principals, School Effectiveness, Urban Schools, Women Administrators

Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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