Junctures in Women's Leadership

Health Care and Public Health

Mary E. O'Dowd, Ruth Charbonneau, Mary E. O'Dowd, Ruth Charbonneau

• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN: 9781978803688, 9781978803695
• eBook ISBN: 9781978803725
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Leadership

Junctures in Women's Leadership: Health Care and Public Health offers an eclectic compilation of case studies telling the stories of women leaders in public health and health care, from Katsi Cook, Mohawk midwife, to Virginia Apgar, Katharine Dexter McCormick and Florence Schorske Wald, to Marilyn Tavenner, Suerie Moon, and more. The impact of their work is extraordinarily relevant to the current public discourse including subjects such as the global COVID-19 pandemic, disparities in health outcomes, prevention of disease and the impact of the Affordable Care Act. The leadership lessons gleaned from these chapters can be applied to a broad array of disciplines within government, private business, media, philanthropy, pharmaceutical, environmental and health sectors. Each chapter is authored by a well versed and accomplished woman, demonstrating the book's theme that there are many paths within health care and public health. The case study format provides an introductory section providing biographical and historical background, setting the stage for a juncture, or decision point, and the resolution. The women are compelling characters and worth knowing.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Foreword to the Series
• New Foreword to the Series
• Preface
• Katsi Cook: “Research and Ceremonies and Healing Are an Empowerment Process”—a Mohawk Midwife Brings the Needs of Women into Environmental Health Research / Elizabeth Hoover
• Mona Hanna-Attisha: Using Her Voice to Advocate for Environmental Justice in the City of Flint / Colleen Blake and Mary E. O’Dowd
• Katharine Dexter McCormick: Examining an Advocate’s Path—Advancing Women’s Reproductive Rights through Philanthropic Support for Oral Contraception Development / Mary Wachter and Erica Reed
• Mary Engle Pennington: Transforming Food Safety with the Power of Persuasion and a Steadfast Commitment to Good Science and the Public’s Health / Akanksha Arya and Christina Tan
• Florence Schorske Wald: Standing by Her Principles—Not by a Title—to Bring Hospice to the United States / Patricia A. Findley, Suzanne Willard, and Jacqueline Hunterton-Anderson
• Virginia Apgar: Focusing on Prevention, She Structurally Transformed Maternal and Child Health for Generations / Mary E. O’Dowd and Colleen Blake
• Marilyn Gaston: Changing the Face of Health Care through Research, Public Service, and Community Health / Denise V. Rodgers and Grace Ibitamuno
• Jane E. Brody: Using Journalism to Impact Personal Health, One Column at a Time / Dawn Thomas and Christina Chesnakov
• Risa Lavizzo-Mourey: Leading the Nation to Adopt a Culture of Health / Raquel Mazon Jeffers and Christina Chesnakov
• Marilyn Tavenner: From Crashing Patients to Crashing Websites / Heather Howard and Carson Clay
• Ruth Williams-Brinkley: Facing Opportunities and Challenges at the Intersection of Community and Health Care / Elizabeth A. Ryan, Ruth Charbonneau, and Alexander M. Bartke
• Suerie Moon: Shaping the Governance of a Complex Global Health System to Achieve Equity / Alexander M. Bartke and Ann Marie Hill
• Acknowledgments
• Contributors
• Index