Foreword: Amazons and warriors: the image of the powerful woman / Jill Ker Conway -- Introduction: Leadership and power: new conceptions / Sue J.M. Freeman and Susan C. Bourque -- pt. 1. Theoretical issues: Women at the top: "you've come a long way, baby" / Sue J.M. Freeman -- The problem of silence in feminist psychology / Maureen A. Mahoney -- Political leadership for women: redefining power and reassessing the political / Susan C. Bourque -- Leadership, sport, and gender / Mary Jo Kane -- pt. 2. Case studies: Knowledge is power: Our bodies, Ourselves and the Boston Women's Health Book Collective / Barbara A. Brehm -- From Beijing to Atlanta and beyond: the international challenge for women in sport / Christine M. Shelton -- pt. 3. Maternal politics: Marching along with mothers and children / Myron Peretz Glazer and Penina Migdal Glazer -- Mothers as leaders: the Madres Veracruzanas and the Mexican antinuclear movement / Velma Garcia-Gorena -- pt. 4. Professional enclaves: Women in veterinary medicine: past achievements and future challenges / Miriam Slater -- Intersections: women's sport leadership and feminist praxis / Carole A. Oglesby.