Outstanding women in public administration : leaders, mentors, and pioneers

197 Pages·2016·37.14 MB·English

by  Felbinger, Claire L., Haynes, Wendy A.

Outstanding
UJomen in Public
Administration
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Outstanding
Women in Public
Leaders.
Administration
Mentors. and
Pioneers
Claire felbinqer Wendy R. Haynes
fdited b~ l. and
First published 2004 by M.E. Sharpe , Inc.
Published 2016 by Routledge
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Outstanding women in public administration : leaders, mentors, and pioneers I edited by
Claire L. Felbinger and Wendy A. Haynes.
p. em.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-7656-1368-9 (cloth: alk. paper)-ISBN 0-7656-1369-7 (pbk.: alk. paper)
I. Women in public life-United States-Biography. 2. Women in civil service-United
States-Biography. 3. Women in politics-United States-Biography. I. Felbinger, Claire L.
II. Haynes, Wendy A., 1949-
HQ139l.U50928 2004
305.42'092'273-dc22 2003028135
ISBN 13:978-0-7656-1369-1 (pbk)
We dedicate this book to our mothers,
Mary Ann Felbinger and Jenni Green.
They may not have been public administrators,
but they were most certainly
life administrators of the highest order.
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Contents
Preface ix
Introduction xi
Part I. A Different Way of Serving, a Different Way of Seeing 3
1. The Amazing Miss Burchfield
Mary E. Guy 5
2. Josephine Goldmark: Champion of Scientific Management
and Social Reform
Hindy Lauer Schächter 31
3. Mary Livermore: A Legacy of Caring and Cooperative Womanhood
in Service to the State
Patricia M. Shields 49
4. Feminine Pioneer: Nellie Tayloe Ross, First Woman Governor
Teva J. Scheer 65
Part II. Pioneers in the Upper Echelons of the Federal Government 81
5. Madam Secretary Frances Perkins
Meredith A. Newman 83
6. Patricia Roberts Harris: A Pioneer Champion of Civil Rights
and Social Justice
Elizabeth G. Williams 103
Part III. Into the Twenty-First Century: More Women of Courage
and Substance 135
7. Naomi B. Lynn: Painting a Rich Canvas
Linda K. Richter 137
8. Maxine Kurtz: Knocking Down Bars of the Invisible Cage
Van R. Johnston 153
Afterword 175
About the Editors and Contributors 177
Name Index 181
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Preface
The genesis of this book was a spirited discussion at an ordinary business
meeting at the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) shortly
after the publication of Mary Ellen Guy’s lead article in Public Administra­
tion Review (PAR) on Láveme Burchfield and her contributions to public
service. Everyone at the meeting was impressed with the article. Mary Ellen
told of how interesting and fulfilling the research had been—and she radi­
ated enthusiasm for the venture as she spoke. Many of us were struck by the
need for more of this type of research in order to capture the significant role
of women in shaping the public service.
We were then members of the Publications Committee of ASPA and on
the board of its Section for Women in Public Administration. We floated the
idea of editing a book that would capture the research in progress on “out­
standing women.” Both the Publications Committee and the Section for
Women in Public Administration encouraged us to pursue the project. At the
next ASPA meeting, we organized a panel to discuss research on outstanding
women in public administration, which included the lead presentation of
Mary Ellen Guy. The room was filled with people who supported the project,
wished to contribute to the project, and who suggested that the contributions
of additional women in public administration should be documented in a
shorter, vignette-based document so as to capture the essence of their work
before it was forgotten.
With the momentum on our side, we examined the horizon to determine
how our proposal would have an impact on the extant literature on women in
public administration. Neither of us would be described as feminist theorists—
in fact, we both conduct research in areas that are male-dominated. We were
surprised to find no volume either on women in public administration or on
women in political science. From that point forward, our goal would be to
aggregate the existing research or encourage research that systematically and
analytically examined the role of women in public administration.
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