Nkomo, Stella M.; Bell, Ella L. J. Edmondson

Our Separate Ways : Black and White Women and the Struggle for Professional Identity

Acknowledgments vii Prologue 1(10) Introduction 11(14) Part I Flashbacks 25(74) Lost Childhoods 27(24) Their Fathers' Daughters 51(16) Comfortable Families, Uncomfortable Times 67(20) Executives in Training 87(12) Part II Flashpoints 99(114) Breaking In 101(20) Fitting In 121(16) Barriers to Advancement 137(22) Climbing over the Barriers 159(16) Making Change 175(14) Work Isn't Everything 189(24) Part III The Self and The Other 213(40) The Racialized Self 215(20) Images of Other 235(18) Epilogue 253(10) Appendix A: The Women 263(2) Appendix B: Life History Interviews 265(12) Appendix C: National Survey 277(6) Notes 283(28) Bibliography 311(20) Index 331(8) About the Authors 339