New York University
Robert F. Wagner Undergraduate School of Public Service
Course Outline Spring 2016
UPADM-GP 226-001 “Leadership: Women and Public Policy”
Professor Jewell Jackson McCabe
Professor: Jewell Jackson McCabe Email: jewell.jacksonmccabe@nyu.edu & jacksonmc@me.com
Class Meeting Times: Friday. 12noon - 2:45p
Class Location: Bldg - 194M Room - 306
Contact: Craig Schott Email: craig.schott@nyu.edu
Office Location: The Puck Building, 295 Lafayette St.
Office Telephone: 212.998.7477
Office Hours: By appointment. 3:30p - 5:30p
Beginning with their fearless Women's Suffrage movement to gain the right to vote in 1848--the date of the first women’s
rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York—American women have engaged and been represented in public service.
Nevertheless the movement that led to the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment on August 20, 1920, giving women the
right to vote and subsequently to hold elected and appointed office has not led to equitable opportunities in the public
sphere.
Although women make up the majority of our American population; are the majority of registered voters; and graduate
college at higher rates than men, women are only a fraction of our elected and appointed officials and civic or labor
leaders. This course will teach offerings which underscore "Leadership, Women and Public Service in American Cities"
charting the course and exploring the experience of women and girls in public leadership.
We will examine the context of equity for women in the structural realities and gender attitudes within the American
political, human rights and civic systems. Our students will connect with women leaders and advocates for women
leaders; we will teach women’s historic and contemporary participation in public leadership. Utilizing political and
Intersectional theory we will focus on trends, implications and impact of ethnicity, race, class, gender & religion on
women in politics and public service.
Through coursework, guest speakers and hands-on activities, students will learn how they can be a participant in and
influence the public agenda through: public service, politics and impacting public policy; accomplished by utilizing
empirical data, situation analysis and social movements. The coursework will review leadership skills-set, career paths
and analyze barriers that have traditionally kept women from achieving their political and leadership potential.
Nine questions guide the readings and discussions:
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How do groups gain political power?
What are the strategies and mechanisms for excluding women from power?
What is the status of the women’s movement?
What entitlements, benefits and privileges does sexism give men?
What Privileges does racism create for white people?
What is the connection between race, class and gender in the mainstream and power dynamics of our society?
What are the current race, class and gender intersectional dynamic and political struggles in American cities?
What is the impact of immigration on the leadership landscape in American Cities and in women’s leadership?
What are the challenges and opportunities to advance leadership equity for women in American Cities?
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New York University
Robert F. Wagner Undergraduate School of Public Service
Course Outline Spring 2016
UPADM-GP 226-001 “Leadership: Women and Public Policy”
Professor Jewell Jackson McCabe
Required Texts
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Tetrault, Lisa., “The Myth of Seneca Falls: Memory and The Women’s Suffrage (Gender and American Culture)”, (June
2014), The University of North Carolina Press;
Kellerman, Barbara, and Rhode, Deborah L. “Women and Leadership: The State of Play and Strategies for
Change”, Jossey-Bass; 1 edition – August 3rd ,2007;
Eagly, Alice H. and Carli, Linda L., “Through the Labyrinth: The Truth About How Women Become Leaders
(Center for Public Leadership)”Harvard Business Review Press – September 17th , 2007;
Barsh, Joanna and Cranston, Susie., “How Remarkable Women Lead: The Breakthrough Model for Work and Life”
Crown Business, September 29, 2009.
Additional Course Reading ~ (NYU Classes)
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Dill, Bonnie Thornton, Zambrana, Ruth Enid, & Collins, Patricia Hill. “Emerging Intersections: Race, Class,
and Gender in Theory, Policy, and Practice” (2009);
Motley, Constance Baker., “Equal Justice Under Law” Farrar, Straus and Giroux (published 1998);
Ginsburg, Justice Ruth Bader., Human Rights, Vol. 32, No. 4 (Fall 2005), p. 26 “Tribute to Constance Baker
Motley”, Publisher - American Bar Association - http://www.jstor.org/stable/27880505;
Carmon, Irin, and Knizhnik, Shana., “NOTORIOUS RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsberg,” Publisher
DEY ST. – William Morrow (2015);
Giddings, Paula. J., “When and Where I Enter: The Impact of Black Women on Race & Sex in America”, 2nd edition
(1996);
Giddings, Paula. J., “IDA: A Sword Among Lions” [Campaign Against Lynching], HarperCollins Publishers 1st
edition (March 11, 2008);
Roberts, Cokie., “Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation” – Deckle Edge, April 13, 2004.
Crawford, Vicki L., Rouse, Jacqueline Anne., and Woods, Barbara., “WOMEN in the CIVIL RIGHTS
MOVEMENT [TRAILBLAZERS & TORCHBEARERS ~ 1941-1965]”
McIntosh, Peggy., “White Privilege and Male Privilege: A Personal Account of Coming to see Correspondences Through
Work in Women’s Studies (1988), Anna Wilder Phelps Fund, Wellesley College, Center for Research on Women,
www.iub.edu/~tchsotl/part2/McIntosh White Privilege.pdf;
Wright, Lawrence., “Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David”, Knoft; (September
2014);
Collins, Gail., “When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present”, Back
Bay Books (October 21, 2010);
Bloodworth, Jeffery., “LOSING THE CENTER—DECLINE OF AMERICAN LIBERALISM, 1968-1992;
Sokol, Jason., “All Eyes Are Upon Us: Race and Politics from Boston to Brooklyn [The CONFLICTED Soul of the
NORTHEAST]”, 2014;
Lawless, Jennifer L., “It Still Takes A Candidate: Why Women Don't Run for Office”, August 19, 2010;
Sotomayor, Sonia., “My Beloved World” Justice Sotomayor's autobiography Knopf (January 15, 2013);
Traister, Rebecca. “Big Girls Don’t Cry: The Election that Changed Everything for American Women” Tantor Media
(September 22, 2010);
Lawrence, R.G., & Rose, M. (2010).“Hillary Clinton’s Race for the White House: Gender Politics and the Media on
the Campaign Trail. New York, NY, Lynne Rienner Publishers;
Bystrom, D.G., Robertson, T.A., & Banwart, M.C. (2001), “Framing the Fight:: An Analysis of Media Coverage of
Female and Male Canididates in Primary Races for Governor and U.S. Senate in 2000.” American Behavioral Scientist,
44(12), 1999-2013;
Solomon, D., (2010, November 10) “Minority Report: Questions for Nancy Pelosi”, The New York Times Magazine;
Strassel, K. A., (2010, March 22), “Inside the Pelosi Sausage Factory.”, The Wall Street Journal; Meyerson, H.,
(2010, March 24), “Finally, Democrats Govern,” The Washington Post,
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost;
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Robert F. Wagner Undergraduate School of Public Service
Course Outline Spring 2016
UPADM-GP 226-001 “Leadership: Women and Public Policy”
Professor Jewell Jackson McCabe
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Terkildsden, N., & Schnell, F. (1997), “How Media Frames Move Public Opinion: An Analysis of The
Women’s Movement, Political Research Quarterly, 50, 879-900;
Eidelson, Josh., “Labor Leader Ai-jen Poo: We Are All Domestic Workers Now”, The Nation., April 5, 2013;
Poo, Ai-jen., “The Age of Dignity: Preparing for the Elder Boom in a Changing America”, February 3, 2015;
Burnham, Linda., Activist and writer for women's rights and racial justice analysis of “Lean In One Percent Feminism” -Posted by Portside on March 26, 2013;
Earl, Jennifer & Kimport, Katrina., “Digitally Enabled Social Change: Activism in the Internet Age” The MIT
Press; 1 edition (March 4, 2011).
Suggested Reading
In addition to required text and the assigned reading, you will be required to stay abreast of current vital
public sector issues by reading The Nation Magazine, The New York Times & The Wall Street Journal; and, a
course reader of required articles is available at the NYU Professional Bookstore, 530 LaGuardia Place.
Copies of the reader will be on reserve at Bobst Library, with a 2-hour reserve time.
Course Requirements
Attendance and Punctuality are essential: if you must be absent, contact Craig Schott in advance.
Grading is as follows:
▪ Class Participation: 10%
▪ Three Oral Presentation assignments: 15%
▪ Three Writing assignments: 30%
▪ 48-hour Take-Home Midterm Exam: 20%
▪ 48-hour Take-Home Final Exam: 25%
Course Expectations
Each student will participate in three oral panel presentations on a topic within a specific reading theme in
the syllabus. Each week following the panel discussion, a paper on the same respective
topic will be due – cumulative total of three writing assignments for the course. Students will be graded
on both their three panel presentations (5% each) – course total 15%; and their three written papers (10%
each) – course total 30%:
▪ Panel Presentation: Each panelist will give a 5 minute presentation that will be followed by
discussion between panelists and/or with the professor. Panelists may utilize visual materials,
illustrations, and primary research such as newspapers to aid their presentations;
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Paper: The paper will be 5 to 7 pages in length. Papers that receive high grades are expected to be
historically accurate, clearly written, and reflective of critical thinking from an intersectional
perspective.
Late Assignment Policy & Attendance and Participation
Extensions will be granted only in case of emergency. Late submissions without extensions will be penalized
½ letter grade per day (B+ to B, e.g.). Students with Disabilities should contact Craig Schott to make
proper arrangements. Statement of Academic Integrity Members of the NYU Wagner community are all
expected to adhere to high intellectual standards. http://www.nyu.edu/cas/map/integrity.pdf.
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Robert F. Wagner Undergraduate School of Public Service
Course Outline Spring 2016
UPADM-GP 226-001 “Leadership: Women and Public Policy”
Professor Jewell Jackson McCabe
Readings Part I ~ Legacy of the Founding Mothers
“Colonial Women and Public Leadership” An Introduction
January 29th
This introduction gives an overview of the course, from the voice of Colonial Women -- whose frontier bravery is
chronicled – we progress towards the movement and recognize the role Abolitionist values, conscientiousness, moral
authority -- and its women leaders white and black -- who were catalytic and the soldiers that propelled us towards the
ratification of the 19th Amendment -- the Right for Women to Vote – the course outline will be reviewed through the
seminar themes, introduction of intersectional theory and a review of the syllabus and its relationship to seminar themes.
These themes will be studied through biography anecdotal readings, case-study discussions and guest lecturers.
Part I & II Screening ~ One Woman, One Vote ~ DVD
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American Women’s Voice: 18th 19th Century ~ Their Emotional Truth, Courage and Legacy
February 5th “The Rise of Female Independence in America”
Revealing anecdotes of the wives, daughters and their relationships to their “Colonial-Sisters – the women of the actual
and proverbial “Founding Fathers” are uncloaked, recognized -- as we discover their vital roles in the evolution of our
democracy. Though Abigail Adams denounced the wretched scourge of slavery in writing and urged her husband John
and his southern brethren – The Die was Cast – Morality, Slavery, the Cult of True Womanhood and Resistance …” I
most sincerely doubt if any other race of WOMEN could have brought its fineness up through so devilish a fire” –
W.E.B. Du Bois
Screening ~ PBS “Midwife’s Tale” ~ DVD
Readings
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Roberts, Cokie., “Founding Mothers”, Introduction, pp. xv-xx; Chapter One. “Before 1775: The Road
to Revolution,”- Stirrings of Discontent, pp.1-36;
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Giddings, Paula J., “When and Where I Enter: The Impact of Black Women on Race & Sex in America”,
Chapters II. “Casting The Die: Morality, Slavery, and Resistance” pp. 33-55; “IDA: A Sword Among
Lions” - Campaign Against Lynching, Introduction, pp.1-7;
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Tetrault, Lisa., “The Myth of Seneca Falls: Memory and the Women’s Movement, 1848-1898”, Prologue –
Getting Acquainted with History, pp. 1-17; Chapter 1. Woman’s Day in the Negro Hour 1865-1870,
pp. 19-45;
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Dill, Bonnie Thornton, Zambrana, Ruth Enid, & Collins, Patricia Hill. “Emerging Intersections: Race,
Class, and Gender in Theory, Policy, and Practice” Anthology of Essays, Forward: “Emerging IntersectionsBuilding Knowledge and Transforming Institutions”, by Williams, pp. vii-xiii.
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Barsh, Joanna and Cranston, Susie., “How Remarkable Women Lead: The Breakthrough Model for Work and
Life” , Chapter 1. “It All Begins with Meaning”, pp.21-29.
February 12th “Suffrage: Analysis From Whence We Come”
From the courage, strength and intellectual prowess of the Colonial women the “Founding Mother’s -- from the elite
class in the early 18th century -- we cross the bridge from the abolitionist’s women leaders focusing on the oft forgotten
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Robert F. Wagner Undergraduate School of Public Service
Course Outline Spring 2016
UPADM-GP 226-001 “Leadership: Women and Public Policy”
Professor Jewell Jackson McCabe
African American women – who “Invented Themselves, “…she had nothing to fall back on; not maleness, not
whiteness, not ladyhood, not anything. And, out of the profound desolation of her reality she may well have invented
herself.” Toni Morrison.
Screening ~ PBS American Experience: “The Abolitionists” ~ DVD Episode I
Readings
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Roberts, Cokie., Chapter Two. “1775-1776: Independence – Rebellious Women”, pp. 37-77; Chapter
Three. “1776-1778: War and a Nascent Nation - At the Front”, pp. 78-108;
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Giddings, Paula. J., “IDA: A Sword Among Lions” [Campaign Against Lynching]; Chapter One. Holly
Springs, pp.15-39; “When and Where I Enter: The Impact of Black Women on Race & Sex in America”,
Chapter I. “To Sell My Life as Dearly as Possible”, pp.17-31;
February 19th
“Legend or Fable to Invent a Platform”
The story of how the women's rights movement began at the Seneca Falls convention of 1848 is a cherished American
myth. The standard account credits founders such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Lucretia Mott with
defining and then leading the campaign for women's suffrage. In the provocative new history, by Lisa Tetrault, which
challenges the myth -- we will review and discuss the ideas Tetrault demonstrates -- that Stanton, Anthony, and their
peers gradually created and popularized this origins story during the second half of the nineteenth century in response to
internal movement dynamics as well as the racial politics of memory after the Civil War.
The founding mythology that coalesced in their speeches and writings -- most notably Stanton and Anthony's History of
Woman Suffrage--provided younger activists with the vital resource of a usable past for the ongoing struggle, and it helped
consolidate Stanton and Anthony's leadership against challenges from the grassroots and rival suffragists. As Tetrault
shows, while this mythology has narrowed our understanding of the early efforts to champion women's rights, the myth
of Seneca Falls itself became an influential factor in the suffrage movement. And along the way, its authors amassed the
first archive of feminism and literally invented the modern discipline of women's history.
Screening ~ PBS American Experience: “The Abolitionists” ~ DVD Episode II
Readings
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Tetrault, Lisa., “The Myth of Seneca Falls: Memory and The Women’s Suffrage (Gender and American
Culture)”, Tetrault, Lisa., Chapter 2. Movements without Memories, pp. 46-74; Chapter 3. Women’s
Rights from 1873 – 1880, pp. 75-111; Chapter 4. Inventing Women’s History 1880-1886, pp. 112144;
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Barsh, Joanna and Cranston, Susie., “How Remarkable Women Lead: The Breakthrough Model for Work and
Life”, Chapter 2. “Your Own Happiness Equation”, pp.30-38., Chapter 3. “Start with Your
Strengths”, pp. 39-45, Chapter 4. A Sense of Purpose, pp. 46-54., Chapter 5. Dreamcatcher, pp. 5562.
February 26th First Oral/Panel Presentation (Paper due March 4th)
Theme: [Topics within] “Deferred History: The Tactics of the Women’s Suffrage Strategy”
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Robert F. Wagner Undergraduate School of Public Service
Course Outline Spring 2016
UPADM-GP 226-001 “Leadership: Women and Public Policy”
Professor Jewell Jackson McCabe
February 26th
“Deferred History: The Tactics of the Women’s Suffrage Strategy”
No sugar coating. The rigors of sustainability in political movements – learning about unforeseen obstacles and denial of
moral inconsistency … the leaders (as led and seen through the eyes of the elite) often reshaped the past for immediate
recognition and political gain.
We will explore the lead up to the disastrous period known as Prohibition -- the “Noble Experiment” – The 18th
Amendment. The depths of nearly a century of unchecked spousal and child abuse exacerbated and fueled by women’s
powerlessness, their lack of rights and the powerlessness of the poor. This period was a direct result of elite patriarchy,
exploiting immigrant and migrant families as cheap labor and alcohol consumption due to capitalist greed of robber
barons. This dark American dilemma -- the lack of women’s suffrage, divisive single issue lobbyists; fear mongering
smear campaigns, propaganda, marginalized poor – lead us to ask what is the role of government, individual rights and
responsibilities – importantly, who is and who is not a REAL American.
Screening ~ PBS/Ken Burns “Prohibition: A Nation of Drunkards” ~ DVD Episode I (Part I)
Readings
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Tetrault, Lisa., “The Myth of Seneca Falls: Memory and The Women’s Suffrage (Gender and American
Culture)”, 5. “Commemoration and Its Discontents: 1888 – 1898, pp.145-180;
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Giddings, Paula. J., “IDA: A Sword Among Lions” [Campaign Against Lynching]; Chapter FIVE. “A Race
in My Arms,” pp.122-155;
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March 4th
Eagly, Alice H. and Carli, Linda L., “Through the Labyrinth: The Truth About How Women Become
Leaders; Chapter Five. Is Discrimination Still a Problem, pp. 67-81, Chapter Six. What is the
Psychology of Prejudice Towards Women, pp. 83-100.
“Women in Transition: The Impact of a Voice & Action”
This class will focus on how the complex-- and sometimes contentious--relationship between civil rights and white
feminist constituencies [which have affected political outcomes and American culture for centuries] developed.
How did these events and relationships impact the conditions, status and lifestyles of American women, their families,
communities and the mainstream? In the 40’, 50’s & 60’s individuals, style, everything from media, to hair-styles, to
wearing pants and having your weight regulated by the airlines -- even toys (Yes Barbie was born) – from the 1920’s
activists like Alice Paul, there were the Esther Petterson’s, Frances Perkins’, Margaret Chase Smith’s, Margaret Price’s,
Betty Friedan, Helen Gurley Brown, Gloria Steinem, Louise Meyer -- a glimpse of the women who have spoken out
taken chances, shown courage and made a difference.
As we evaluate the status of women in general, we compare the journey of women of color in particular Ida B. Wells,
Mary Church Terrell, Marian Anderson, Pauli Murray, Rosa Parks, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Constance Baker Motley -to name a few.
Levittown and this nations post World War II government programs/privileges for white males in the main will be
examined in the context of the impact on women. How “Rosie the Riveter”, was forced back in the kitchen after having
experienced during the war -- earning her own income. What were the historical precedents pursued, ERA, Title VII and
Title IX, creation of the DOL Women’s Bureau, the Commission’s on the Status of Women, with NYS leading the way
giving their commission cabinet level status. The vital issue of Child Care almost became law --- legislation derailed
Equal Pay debates, as with most issues economic defined by equity-in-pay echoes our current discourses regarding the
gender quity.
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New York University
Robert F. Wagner Undergraduate School of Public Service
Course Outline Spring 2016
UPADM-GP 226-001 “Leadership: Women and Public Policy”
Professor Jewell Jackson McCabe
Screening ~ PBS/Ken Burns “Prohibition: A Nation of Drunkards” ~ DVD Episode I (Part II)
Readings
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McIntosh, Peggy., “White Privilege and Male Privilege: A Personal Account of Coming to see
Correspondences Through Work in Women’s Studies (1988), Anna Wilder Phelps Fund, Wellesley College,
Center for Research on Women, www.iub.edu/~tchsotl/part2/McIntosh White Privilege.pdf;
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Kellerman, Barbara, and Rhode, Deborah L. “Women and Leadership: The State of Play and
Strategies for Change”, Foreword, O’Connor, Sandra Day (Ret.) Justice, pp. xiii-xv, Kellerman, and
Rhodes, “Women and Leadership: The State of Play, pp. 1-35, Chapter 1. “Crossing the Bridge:
Reflections on Women and Leadership” pp. 65-88, Chapter 2. “The Great Women Theory of Leadership?”
pp. 93-116;
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Barsh, Joanna and Cranston, Susie., “How Remarkable Women Lead: The Breakthrough Model for Work and
Life”, Chapter 6. “A Matter of Framing”, pp. 65-78; Chapter 13. “Reciprocity Forms Relationships”,
pp. 143-152; Chapter 18. “Stand Up Speak Up”, pp. 196-205; Chapter 19. “Make Your Own Luck”,
pp. 206-213.
Take Home 48 hour Mid-term Exam Distributed March 4th due
March 7th
Part II. Social Movement Leaders: Community Organizing & Political Activism
March 11th “Mobilizing Women: Ideas, Activists, Leadership, & Civil Rights Movement”
Developing effective synergies between community organizing and leadership development are vital to attaining gender
equity, and social justice. Today's advocacy must also include multimedia, social media and social networks that are
essential in the mobilization of the growing demographic, of young voters. Community organizing, mobilizing resources
and designing adaptable strategies will be reviewed that met the need and addressed diversity, cultural and class issues.
We will review and compare citizen movements, political campaigns/elections and methods utilized to address social
justice.
Screening ~ PBS/AOL “Makers: Women Who Make America” ~ DVD Part I
Readings
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Crawford, Vicki L., Rouse, Jacqueline Anne., and Woods, Barbara., “WOMEN in the CIVIL RIGHTS
MOVEMENT [TRAILBLAZERS & TORCHBEARERS ~ 1941-1965]”, 1. “Men Led, but Women
Organized: Movement Participation”, by Payne, Charles, pp.1-12; 3. “Is This America? Fannie Lou
Hamer and the Mississippi Freedom Democrat Party, by Locke, Mamie E., pp.27-38; 5. “Ella Baker
and the Origins of “Participatory Democracy,”by Mueller, Carol, pp. 51-70; 12. “The Role of Black
Women in the Civil Rights Movement”, by Standley Anne, pp.183-202; 13. “Women as Culture
Carriers in the Civil Rights Movement: Fannie Lou Hamer”, by Reagan, Bernice Johnson, pp. 203218; 15. “A Reluctant Persistant Warrior: Eleanor Roosevelt and the Early Civil Rights Movement”,
by Allida, Black, pp. 233-250; “And the Pressure Never Let Up”: Black Women, White Women, and
the Boston YWCA, 1918-1948, pp.259-270.
March 14th-20th Spring Recess No classes scheduled
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New York University
Robert F. Wagner Undergraduate School of Public Service
Course Outline Spring 2016
UPADM-GP 226-001 “Leadership: Women and Public Policy”
Professor Jewell Jackson McCabe
March 25th “Women: Elected, Appointed, Contested (Part I)
Cities like New York have an unparallel history of women in leadership, with direct roots to social justice and
resulting progressive public policy that has defined our democratic ideal. This course delves into the fascinating
world of women’s history in New York City and State. We will investigate the role of women as shapers and
players in New York political history. The central focus will be on 19th, 20th & 21st century history, including
the Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site (Val-Kill) the retreat “think-tank” for women leadership in the
early 20th Century; our examination will include benchmark political movements organized by Women.
We will review profiles of New York Women of leadership elected & appointed to include [a glimpse] Betty
Friedan, Gloria Steinem, Congresswomen Bella Abzug, Shirley Chisholm, U.S. Vice Presidential Candidate,
Geraldine Ferraro, 2008 U.S. Presidential Candidate, former U.S. Secretary of State, former NYS, U.S. Senator
Hillary Rodham Clinton and former Secretary of State Madeline Albright; former Manhattan Borough
President [ran unopposed and appearing on the ballot in all three party lines; Hon. NYS Supreme Court Judge
Constance Baker Motley who argued ten U.S. Supreme Court cases - winning nine. Three women U.S.
Supreme Court Justices, Ruth Bader Ginzburg, Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor.
Screening ~ “MISS REPRESENTATION” ~ DVD
April 1st
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Lawless, Jennifer L., “It Still Takes A Candidate: Why Women Don't Run for Office”, 1. “Electoral
Politics: Still a Man’s World?”, pp. 1-17; 2. “Explaining Women’s Emergence in the Political Arena”,
pp. 18-43; 3. “The Gender Gap in Political Ambition”, pp. 44-60; 4. “Barefoot, Pregnant, and
Holding a Law Degree: Family Dynamics and Running for Office”, pp. 61-88;
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Kellerman, Barbara, and Rhode, Deborah L. “Women and Leadership: The State of Play and
Strategies for Change”, Jossey-Bass; Part Two. Leadership in the Context: Women in Politics; Chapter 7.
Dahlerup, Drude, “Will Gender Balance in Politics Come by Itself?”, pp. 227-245, Chapter 8. Fox,
Richard L., “The Future of Women’s Political Leadership: Gender and the Decision to Run for Elective
Office,” pp. 251-267; Chapter 9. Wilson, Marie C., “It’s Woman Time” pp.271-281; Chapter 10.
Mandel, Ruth, “She’s the Candidate! A Woman for President, pp. 283-303.
“Women: Elected, Appointed, Contested (Part II)
New York State has a distinguished progressive history of precedent setting women leaders exemplified by Frances
Perkins, who achieved historic gains as U.S. Secretary of Labor under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. After graduating
from Mount Holyoke College, she was a teacher before becoming involved in social reform. She was the first woman to
serve on the New York State Industrial Commission, as well as the first to hold a U.S. cabinet post with her
appointment by Roosevelt in 1933. Impact: Perkins championed many of the policies that became part of the New Deal,
and established the Social Security and Fair Labor Standards Acts. After resigning her position in 1945, she wrote a bestselling book and became a professor at Cornell University -- Currently, NYS has produced three women Supreme Court
Justices, Ginzburg, Kagan and Sotomayor; and, the first Woman and Second African American US Attorney General
Loretta Lynch.
Screening ~ PBS/AOL “Makers Volume 2: “Women in Politics” ~ DVD Part VI
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Robert F. Wagner Undergraduate School of Public Service
Course Outline Spring 2016
UPADM-GP 226-001 “Leadership: Women and Public Policy”
Professor Jewell Jackson McCabe
Readings
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Lawless, Jennifer L., “It Still Takes A Candidate: Why Women Don't Run for Office”, 5. “Gender, Parity,
and Political Recruitment”, pp.89-111; 6. “I’m Just Not Qualified”: Gendered Self-Perceptions of
Candidate Viability”, pp.112-135; 8. “Gender and the Future of Electoral Politics”, pp.163-171;
Sokol, Jason., “All Eyes Are Upon Us: Race and Politics from Boston to Brooklyn [The CONFLICTED
Soul of the NORTHEAST]”, 5. “Shirley Chisholm’s Place”, pp.137-170;
Bloodworth, Jeffery., “LOSING THE CENTER—DECLINE OF AMERICAN LIBERALISM,
1968-1992; 8. “Everybody Is People” ~ Bella Abzug and the New Politics of Feminism, pp. 155-174;
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Motley, Justice Constance Baker., “Equal Justice Under Law”, College and Law School, 1941-46,
pp.47-60;
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Ginsburg, Justice Ruth Bader., Human Rights, Vol. 32, No. 4 (Fall 2005), p. 26 “Tribute to
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Constance Baker Motley”, Publisher - American Bar Association http://www.jstor.org/stable/27880505;
Carmon, and Knizhnik., “NOTORIOUS RBG The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginzberg”, Chapter 4.
“Stereotypes of a Lady Misunderstood”, pp. 43-73; Chapter 5. “Don’t Let ‘Em Hold You Down,
Reach for the Stars”, pp. 77-93;
NYTs Editorial Endorsement of Loretta Lynch for the US Attorney General ~ “Don’t Delay on the
Attorney General” http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/11/opinion/confirm-loretta-lynchnow.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share;.
April 8th Second Oral/Panel Presentation (Paper due April 15th) [Topics within] Theme: “Election ’08
& America’s First African American Preside”
April 8th “Election ’08 & ’12 America’s, First Female [serious] Candidates & First Latina on the Supreme
Court”
This course will examine the historic 2008 election of President Barack Obama ran and was elected the First African
American President & when the First Women serious Candidates, Senator Hillary Clinton [for President] and Governor
Sarah Palin, Candidate [first] for Republican Vice President and the urban policy implications. Topics to be studied
through readings, discussions, and guest lectures, will include: political strategies of the campaign, including the challenge
to the southern strategy; race, class, gender, generation, and the changing electorate; the immigrant rights agenda; the city
and identity politics--gender, race, and the challenge of intersectional theory; post racialists, myth or reality?
Screening ~ Showtime Movie “Geraldine Ferraro: Paving the Way”
Readings
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Heileman, John & Halperin, Mark. “Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the
Race of a Lifetime.”, “Prologue” pp.1-6; Chapter Eight. “The Turning Point” pp. 145-158; Chapter Ten. “Two
for the Price of One”, pp.177-191 & Chapter Eleven. “Fear and Loathing in The Lizard’s Thicket”, pp.194215;
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Sotomayor, Sonia., “My Beloved World” Justice Sotomayor's autobiography ; Sotomayor, Sonia., “My
Beloved World” Justice Sotomayor's autobiography; Chapter One. pp. 11-15(C), Chapter Two. pp. 1626(C); Chapter Seven. pp. 51-64(C); Chapter Nine. pp. 76-81(C); Chapter Seventeen. pp. 143-160(C);
Chapter Eighteen. pp. 161-168(C);
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New York University
Robert F. Wagner Undergraduate School of Public Service
Course Outline Spring 2016
UPADM-GP 226-001 “Leadership: Women and Public Policy”
Professor Jewell Jackson McCabe
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Traister, Rebecca. “Big Girls Don’t Cry: The Election that Changed Everything for American Women”; Chapter
1. “Hillary Is Us”, pp. 11-34, & Chapter 8. “Things to Do in Denver if You’re Female”, pp.199-220;
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Dill, Bonnie Thornton, Zambrana, Ruth Enid, & Collins, Patricia Hill. “Emerging Intersections:
Race, Class, and Gender in Theory, Policy, and Practice” Anthology of Essays, Chapter 1. “Critical Thinking
about Inequality: An Emerging Lens” pp.1-18;
April 15th “The 60s: The Decade We Stood Up”
We will explore the status of women in the context of the tumultuous complex cultural changes of the 1960s – Betty
Friedan’s book The Feminine Mystique ignites the second wave American feminist movement in the 20th Century. After
winning the heavyweight championship in 1964 Cassius Clay becomes a member of the Nation of Islam and changes his
name to Muhammad Ali. Brave Civil Rights workers were murdered and the African Americans fought back against
racial injustice. We will explore courageous American Women whose principled stands would set the country onto a new
progressive course.
PBS ~ Screening ~ 1964: American Experience
Readings
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Collins, Gail., “ When Everything Changed”: The Amazing Journey of American Women From 1960 to the
Present”, Introduction. pp. 3-8; Part II: WHEN EVERRYTHING CHANGED, Chapter 4. “The Ice
Cracks.” pp. 63-95, Chapter 5. “What Happened ?” pp. 95-105, Chapter 6. “Civil Rights” pp. 106-148,
Chapter 7. “The Decline of the Double Standard” pp. 149-177, Chapter 8. “Women’s Liberation” pp.
178-209.
April 22nd Third Oral/Panel Presentation (Paper due April 29th)
Theme: “Managing Message”
April 22nd “Emerging Women Leaders, Communication 2.0”
We will outline Women as organizers, as resources leaders and support systems-networks in their communities and
neighborhoods by identifying and developing their skill-sets. Leadership style and strategies, intergenerational financial
literacy, and outline meritocracy based capabilities. These state-of-the-art assets will assist in building a solid foundation
for realization of dreams and fulfillment of promise for the future women leaders and careerists. Women leaders driven
by competitiveness awareness, including effectiveness in multimedia IST communications skills, and tactical sociopolitical strategies, women who have created a significant footprint with impact on issues significant to women’s health,
their families lives and their communities-at-large.
Further, since Sheryl Sandberg has taken it upon herself to jump-start the stalled feminist revolution it's worth taking a
look at the brand of feminism she espouses. Sandberg's book, Lean In, together with her plan to re-launch the feminist
movement on the scaffolding of “Lean In Circles,” has drawn an enormous amount of media attention. This flows from
both Sandberg's prominence as the COO of Facebook and the media's ongoing enchantment with a specific gender
story: whether or not women at the top of their professions or careers can 'have it all.'
Readings
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Bystrom, D.G., Robertson, T.A., & Banwart, M.C. (2001), “Framing the Fight:: An Analysis of Media Coverage of
Female and Male Canididates in Primary Races for Governor and U.S. Senate in 2000.” American Behavioral Scientist,
44(12), 1999-2013;
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Eidelson, Josh., “Labor Leader Ai-jen Poo: We Are All Domestic Workers Now”, The Nation., April 5, 2013;
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Burnham, Linda., Activist and writer for women's rights and racial justice analysis of “Lean In One Percent Feminism” -Posted by Portside on March 26, 2013;
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New York University
Robert F. Wagner Undergraduate School of Public Service
Course Outline Spring 2016
UPADM-GP 226-001 “Leadership: Women and Public Policy”
Professor Jewell Jackson McCabe
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Strassel, K. A., (2010, March 22), “Inside the Pelosi Sausage Factory.”, The Wall Street Journal; Meyerson, H.,
(2010, March 24), “Finally, Democrats Govern,” The Washington Post,
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost;
Terkildsden, N., & Schnell, F. (1997), “How Media Frames Move Public Opinion: An Analysis of The
Women’s Movement, Political Research Quarterly, 50, 879-900;
NYTs Editorial Endorsement of Loretta Lynch for the US Attorney General ~ “Don’t Delay on the Attorney
General” http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/11/opinion/confirm-loretta-lynch-now.html?smprod=nytcoreipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share.
April 29 th “Women and Web-Based Activism”
We will examine key characteristics of web-based activism and their impacts on organizing and participation. Does the
global reach and speed of broadband on the Internet affect the essential character or dynamics of online political
activity? The Web offers two key affordances relevant to activism: 1) sharply reduced costs for creating, organizing, and
participating in protest; and 2) the decreased need for activists to be physically present together in order to act together.
A rally can be organized and demonstrators recruited entirely online, without the cost of printing and mailing; an activist
can create an online petition in minutes and gather e-signatures from coast to coast using only a laptop. We will discuss
and revisit long-standing theoretical assumptions about managing social movements.
Readings
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Earl, Jennifer and Kimport, Katrina. “Digitally Enabled Social Change: Activism in the Internet Age”, Chapter 1.
“Introduction”, pp. 3-20, Chapter 2. “Where We Have Been and Where We Are Headed”, pp. 21-42; Chapter 8.
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“A New Digital Repertoire of Contention”, pp. 177-192, Chapter 9. “Conclusion”, pp. 193-205.
Dill, Bonnie Thornton, Zambrana, Ruth Enid, & Collins, Patricia Hill. “Emerging Intersections: Race, Class, and
Gender in Theory, Policy, and Practice” Anthology of Essays, Chapter 1. “Critical Thinking about Inequality: An
Emerging Lens” pp.1-18;
May 6th “Leadership Women: Wealth, Markets & Social Change”
We will explore Women in leadership, organizing in American Cities: their Labor movements and advocating
an increase in the minimum wage is a humanitarian-pragmatic movement. As Micro-Finance-Banking, credit
unions, Investment Clubs and fund development; while mobilization and organizing, for self help, in our
neighborhood is a priority for community development towards social change.
Readings
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Poo, Ai-jen., “The Age of Dignity: Preparing for the Elder Boom in a Changing America”, ABOUT THE
AUTHOR, pp. 226-227; Chapter 3. pp. 71-105; Part II: Care At The Crossroads, pp. 109-111;
Chapter4. Waking the Caring Majority, pp. 113-139; Chapter 5. A Policy of Caring, pp.141-168;
AFTERWORD: Life in the Care Grid, pp. 169-176;
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Eagly, Alice H. and Carli, Linda L., “Through the Labyrinth: The Truth About How Women Become
Leaders; Chapter Seven. “Do People Resist Women’s Leadership?”, pp. 101-118; Chapter 8. “Do
Women Lead Differently from Men?”pp. 119-135; Chapter Ten. “How Do some Women Find Their
Way Through the Labyrinth?’pp. 161-182.
“48 Hours Cumulative Take Home Final Exam” (Due May 9th 12 Noon)
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