Gender Inequality in School Boards
Gender Inequality in School Boards
This chapter examines the experiences of men and women in Londonderry, Wakefield, and many other towns and cities across the country. While the school boards data set is culled from official meeting minutes and thus has some limitations, the chapter regards the findings reviewed here as a tough test of the expectations for majority-rule meetings. Not only are these settings ostensibly focused on the needs of children—an issue highly important to women—but they are also comprised of women who are elected representatives. These are women with sufficient efficacy and confidence to have successfully run for elected office in the places where they live, women whose official position involves speaking upon behalf of their constituents. In that sense, these women are among the more privileged and powerful people in the country.
Keywords: women, men, school boards, majority-rule meetings, children, confidence, efficacy
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