Eight research-based case studies are presented in this text, which seeks to present the contributions of women in public administration, as academics, government managers and activists. Each chapter relates the life and work of each subject to the broad issues faced by the public servants of today.

Preface, Introduction, Part I. A Different Way of Serving, a Different Way of Seeing, Part II. Pioneers in the Upper Echelons of the Federal Government, Part III. Into the Twenty-First Century: More Women of Courage and Substance, Afterword, About the Editors and Contributors, Name Index

Claire L. Felbinger, Wendy A Haynes