Women Superintendents Credit Support From Colleagues

By Bess Keller

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In Washington State, A Welcoming Hand for Women Chiefs

If women educators are to increase their representation at the top levels of their profession, they must have help from those who have gone before. That was a central lesson that emerged from a recent interview with three Seattle-area superintendents who form part of that state's unusually large cadre of women school administrators.

In addition, all three—Paula C. Butterfield of the Mercer Island district, Barbara Grohe of Kent, and Marlene C. Holayter of Shoreline—have been active at the national level in promoting the cause...