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Introduction

Inventing herself: examining the intersectional identities and educational leadership of Black women in the USA

Sonya Douglass Horsford The Lincy Institute, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Linda C. Tillman Educational Leadership, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Pages 1-9 | Received 01 Nov 2011, Accepted 05 Dec 2011, Published online: 07 Feb 2012

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