Women and power in the nonprofit sector

Teresa Jean Odendahl, O'Neill, Michael

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. In today's nonprofits women are found at all levels of the organizational power structure working as executives, board members, managers, staff members, donors, trustees, and volunteers. Elizabeth Dole, for example, directs the multimillion dollar operations of the American Red Cross. But many women workers in the nonprofit sector remain concentrated in the lowest-ranking jobs. . This landmark book explores the nature and extent of the power women have and do not have in the voluntary sector. In eleven original chapters, experts...

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