"Appearing in the feminist social science literature from its beginnings are a series of questions about methodology. In this collection, Sandra Harding interrogates some of the classic essays from the last fifteen years in order to explore the basic and troubling questions about science and social experience, gender, and politics." -- Book cover.

Brief biographies of Cynthia Cone, Alice Rivlin, Margaret Mead, Barbara Tuchman, Sylvia Porter, Jane Goodall, and Joyce Brothers--all women who have made outstanding contributions in their field of endeavor.

"This book provides a conceptual framework and practical protocols for recognizing school counselors as change agents for school improvement and equity advocates for all students"-- Provided by publisher. "Although it has become quite common for school counselors to participate in school leadership teams, their role is frequently misunderstood and even misused. In fact, counselors are frequently miscast as "gatekeepers" of the status quo, rather...

Elsie Clews Parsons was a relentlessly modern woman. A pioneering feminist, an eminent anthropologist, an ardent social critic, she challenged Americans to develop flexible and dynamic gender, family, and social arrangements that fit the new century. From 1912, when she incorporated ethnographic data on upper-class New York into a series of tersely ironic books and articles, Parsons brought to anthropology a passionate desire to educate the public...