By Maria Battista Kerle B .S., Elementary Education, Clarion
WOMEN AND POLITICS: A STUDY OF WOMEN TRAINED IN A POLITICAL LEADERSHIP SETTING by Maria Battista Kerle B .S., Elementary Education, Clarion University, 1990 B.S., Speech Communication & Theatre, Clarion University, 1990 J.D., Law, Ohio Northern University, 1993 M.Ed., Westminster College, 1998 Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Education in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education University of Pittsburgh 2007 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF EDUCATION This dissertation was presented by Maria Battista Kerle It was defended on March 2, 2007 and approved by Charlene A. Trovato, Clinical Associate Professor, Administrative and Policy Studies Charles J. Gorman, Emeritus Associate Professor, Administrative and Policy Studies Richard Seckinger, Emeritus Professor, Administrative and Policy Studies Bernadette Comfort, Executive Director, Anne B. Anstine Excellence in Public Service Series Dissertation Advisor: Charles J. Gorman, Emeritus Associate Professor, Administrative and Policy Studies ii Copyright © by Maria Battista Kerle 2007 iii WOMEN AND POLITICS: A STUDY OF WOMEN TRAINED IN A POLITICAL LEADERSHIP SETTING Maria Battista Kerle, J.D., Ed.D. University of Pittsburgh, 2007 This study described in the narrative how women trained in a political leadership setting can create an environment where women’s development is enhanced in terms of a woman’s voice, her networking abilities, as well as her expectations of herself and of the program. This is the first study of its kind to study women trained in a political leadership setting. The population of this research study consisted of the Executive Director for the state of Pennsylvania in the Excellence in Public Service Series, the researcher, and the women that were participants in the 2005-2006 class in Pennsylvania.
[Show full text]