TY - BOOK ID - 77888121 TI - How and Why Black Women Are Elected to Political Office : A Narrative Analysis of Nine Cases in the State of Georgia PY - 2011 SN - 077341116X 9780773411166 9780773439542 0773439544 PB - Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, DB - UniCat KW - African American leadership -- Georgia -- Case studies. KW - African American women -- Political activity -- Georgia -- Case studies. KW - African American women legislators -- Georgia. KW - African American women political activists -- Georgia. KW - African American women politicians -- Georgia. KW - Political campaigns -- Georgia -- Case studies. KW - Political leadership -- Georgia -- Case studies. KW - African American women politicians KW - African American women legislators KW - African American women political activists KW - African American women KW - African American leadership KW - Political leadership KW - Political campaigns KW - Gender & Ethnic Studies KW - Social Sciences KW - Ethnic & Race Studies KW - Campaigns, Election KW - Campaigns, Political KW - Election campaigns KW - Electioneering KW - Electoral politics KW - Negative campaigns KW - Politics, Practical KW - Elections KW - Leadership KW - Afro-American leadership KW - Leadership, African American KW - Negro leadership KW - Afro-American women KW - Women, African American KW - Women, Negro KW - Women KW - Afro-American women political activists KW - Women political activists, African American KW - Women political activists KW - Afro-American women legislators KW - Women legislators, African American KW - Women legislators KW - Women politicians, African American KW - Women politicians KW - Political activity KW - Georgia KW - Politics and government UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77888121 AB - While a small but growing number of empirical studies have been conducted and reported on Black women as leaders, most of which is focused on Black women in the professions, relatively few examine the leadership development experiences of the Black American woman who assumes elected office. ER -