In the decades since the women's movement first called for new collective, nonhierarchical modes of organization, have distinctly "feminist" organizational structures evolved? Focusing on women's nonprofit organizations founded in New York City between 1967 and 1988, Rebecca Bordt describes what these organizations look like structurally and explains why they have adopted a particular form.

Throughout history, the predominantly female nonprofit work force has made significant contributions to American society. When Jane Addams established Hull House in a Chicago slum at the turn of the century and helped found the social work profession, the nonprofit sector work force - mainly female volunteers - had only limited access to prestige and power.

This brief report, put together by the UTA Center for Advocacy, Nonprofit, and Donor Organizations (CAN-DO) is meant to help female professionals in the nonprofit sector take their careers to the next level; that of leadership or executive positions within their organization. Additionally, we hope that this book is useful to existing organizational leaders to demonstrate to them that their agencies need women in these positions to fully realize their potential and fulfill their mission. As a woman in the nonprofit sector you no doubt have seen the dramatic disparity that exists between the roles men and women are given in many organizations. If you work for a large agency, it is likely that your board of directors and top management positions are almost entirely filled with men despite the overwhelming majority of women engaged in doing the work on the ground. In fact, this is the case with many industries, nonprofit or otherwise, in which women make up the majority of the workforce; teachers, nurses, retail, the list goes on. Now at first, you might be tempted to chalk this up to the priorities of men vs. women. In putting this report together we've seen articles and research make such claims over and over. Men are competitive and money-driven. They desire to lead while women are focused on interpersonal connections, balancing work and family, and working directly with clients. Despite these perceptions, nonprofits with women at the helm consistently outperform their male-led counterparts in many measures, and they do so, it appears, without having to compromise their values. Instead, women incorporate their empathy and interpersonal skills into their leadership roles. Our interpretation of the literature is that the only trait that really makes a difference is access. The real reason that men are in leadership positions more than women is because they have far greater access. Men simply have the open access to leadership positions because they have always had it. Engrained pathways, "The Old Boys Club," preferential hiring practices; whatever labels we choose to place on the systemic issues of gender discrimination, women are still fighting for equal access, equal pay, and the kind of direct path to leadership that men have enjoyed for quite a long time. This report gives you, the female nonprofit professional, the added firepower necessary to take to this fight and emerge victorious. Beyond the hypothetical, theoretical, and more idealistic discussions, this report will also give you the practical steps necessary to begin your journey to leadership immediately. These steps will help you prioritize your career goals and then, as your plans dictate, begin to set yourself apart within your organization as someone who wants to lead; someone who is an asset to the future of your agency. You will learn how to connect with the board of directors, a critical component of moving to top positions. We will also help you analyze your current position in the new light of your motivation to advance and show you how to make your agency's success your success by engaging in your organization's mission outside of the office. Finally we will discuss how, as an emerging leader, you can work to facilitate larger change within the industry in order to ease the struggle for advancement for the next generation of female nonprofit leaders.

This ebook is a selective guide designed to help scholars and students of social work find reliable sources of information by directing them to the best available scholarly materials in whatever form or format they appear from books, chapters, and journal articles to online archives, electronic data sets, and blogs. Written by a leading international authority on the subject, the ebook provides bibliographic information supported by direct recommendations about which sources to consult and editorial commentary to make it clear how the cited sources are interrelated related. A reader will discover, for instance, the most reliable introductions and overviews to the topic, and the most important publications on various areas of scholarly interest within this topic. In social work, as in other disciplines, researchers at all levels are drowning in potentially useful scholarly information, and this guide has been created as a tool for cutting through that material to find the exact source you need. This ebook is a static version of an article from Oxford Bibliographies Online: Social Work, a dynamic, continuously updated, online resource designed to provide authoritative guidance through scholarship and other materials relevant to the study and practice of social work. Oxford Bibliographies Online covers most subject disciplines within the social science and humanities, for more information visit www.aboutobo.com.

This book explores this project, as well as the work of other women who have created ongoing organizations for the express purpose of bringing excluded groups "into voice." Because these organizations are so effective in nurturing the development of their members, the authors call them "public homeplaces." While these diverse project are rooted in very different soils - declining inner-city neighborhoods, affluent middle-class suburbs, and African American communities in the Deep South - they have much in common. They are places where every voice is heard, where the group's action projects are designed to address the members' most driving questions and concerns, and where all are supported to be the best they can be.

In this edited collection, Leslie Nichols weaves together the contributions of accomplished and diverse scholars to offer an expansive and critical analysis of women’s work in Canada. Students will use an intersectional approach to explore issues of gender, class, race, immigrant status, disability, sexual orientation, Indigeneity, age, and ethnicity in relation to employment. Drawing from case studies and extensive research, the text’s eighteen chapters consider Canadian industries across a broad spectrum, including political, academic, sport, sex trade, retail, and entrepreneurial work. Working Women in Canada is a relevant and in-depth look into the past, present, and future of women’s responsibilities and professions in Canada. Undergraduate and graduate students in gender studies, labour studies, and sociology courses will benefit from this thorough and intersectional approach to the study of women’s labour.