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Women's Access To The Superintendency: Pathways From The Elementary Ranks, Julie Marie Powell
Women's Access To The Superintendency: Pathways From The Elementary Ranks, Julie Marie Powell
Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations
The purpose of this research was to describe the experiences of six women superintendents who began their careers as elementary principals. The central question was: What can we learn from the lived experience of women who came from a background as elementary educators and advanced to the superintendency in a variety of district contexts within Michigan’s traditional public school system?
The research design was a qualitative, interpretive, multiple case study approach using the data collection method of interviewing. Two conceptual frameworks – expectations states theory and feminist poststructuralism – provided the context for this research. Portraits of each of the …
An Exploration Of Self-Concept And Life Satisfaction Of Single Women, Stacey Lynn Piatkowski
An Exploration Of Self-Concept And Life Satisfaction Of Single Women, Stacey Lynn Piatkowski
Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations
This communication study explores the relationship between self-concept and life satisfaction of single women and examines, through the use of interviews, how these two factors are connected. This study aims to gain perspective of why women remain single, what pressures single women face, and how a woman’s life satisfaction and self-concept are affected by being single. Results showed that women remain single for a variety of reasons and while women feel pressure from family, friends, and media about their singlehood, the majority of the pressure is internal and indicated that women need a romantic relationship that will eventually lead to …