Ambition In Black + White: The Feminist Narrative Revised (center For Talent Innovation)

"What do women want? Black women and white aspire to excel, empower others, and earn well in their careers, but confront different hurdles in pursuit of these goals, as they have started the race from different gates. Progress for all women, we posit, depends on first recognizing their differences. In this book we show how history accounts for both the invisibility that keeps black women from attaining power as well as the ambivalence that constrains white women from pursuing it, offering strategies to help every woman fulfill her ambitions"--Provided by publisher What do women want? Black women and white aspire to excel, empower others, and earn well in their careers, but confront different hurdles in pursuit of these goals, as they have started the race from different gates. Progress for all women, we posit, depends on first recognizing their differences. In this book we show how history accounts for both the invisibility that keeps black women from attaining power as well as the ambivalence that constrains white women from pursuing it#x97;offering strategies to help every woman fulfill her ambitions Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE WOMEN AND POWER -- ch. 1 Power in Black and White -- pt. TWO BATTLE BEFORE US -- ch. 2 Black Women Are Invisible -- ch. 3 Ambition and Ambivalence -- ch. 4 Arm All Women to Win Sponsorship -- pt. THREE WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE -- ch. 5 Flourishing -- ch. 6 Excelling -- ch. 7 Reaching for Meaning and Purpose -- ch. 8 Empowered, and Empowering Others -- ch. 9 Earning Well.