Breaking into the All-Male Club

Norma T. Mertz is Professor of Higher Education Administration at the University of Tennessee and coeditor (with Vincent A. Anfara Jr.) of Theoretical Frameworks in Qualitative Research.

• Preface1. Framing the StoriesNorma T. Mertz2. A First Woman with CloutEdith A. Rusch and Barbara L. Jackson3.Breaking ThroughMartha McCarthy4. Nothing Except a Battle Lost Can Be Half So Melancholy as a Battle Won: A Fight for TenureCarolyn J. Wood5. Traversing the Fault LineEllen V. Bueschel about Nelda Cambron-McCabe6. Where the Boys Were... With Apologies to Connie FrancisNorma T. Mertz7. Goodness of FitDiana G. Pounder8. First Ladies in the AcademyDeborah A. Verstegen9. From School Administrator to University ProfessorBetty Malen10. The "Accidental" ProfessorNona A. Prestine11. Resistance and Determination: Faculty Experiences of a Women ReligiousPatricia A. Bauch, O.P. 12. From the Bush to the Ivory TowerMary Gardiner13. One Woman’s Struggle to Include and Be IncludedCarolyn M. Keeler14. Being First: Stories of Social ComplexitiesPaula Myrick Short15. My Life as a TrophyEdith A. Rusch16. Making Meaning of the StoriesNorma T. MertzUnfinished, Uncertain Chronology of Women’s Entry into theAll-Male Educational Administration ProfessoriateContributors

"…an important collection that contributes a great deal to feminist history and the history of education." — H-Net Reviews (H-Education)"The true potential of this book lies in the solutions that follow each of the women's stories and dilemmas." — Teachers College Record