Advice from the Top:

What Minority Women Say
about Their Career Success

"Valencia Campbell has given the nation a very thoughtful examination of the workplace successes of some of today's top minority women achievers. Their stories will surely inspire you to set your goals high, as they recount the obstacles they have had to overcome to succeed. I encourage you to consider a diverse set of career choices, like the ones presented here—and I might add, the Congress of the United States. We need you in the House and the Senate too. The sacrifices of such civil rights activists as Rosa Parks, Coretta Scott King, Dr. Dorothy Height, Dr. C. Delores Tucker, and many women before them demand that you take your seat at the table." Congresswoman Diane E. Watson, Ph.D.

While women of color have made significant gains in the workplace since the days when the top of the career ladder meant a lowly service occupation, there is a long way to go. Thankfully, as Praeger's new Advice from the Top: What Minority Women Say about Their Career Success so clearly illustrates, there is plenty of room at the top—and in many diverse industries—for ambitious minority women with street smarts and the right education. What's more, in spotlighting the enormous contributions that minority career women are continuing to make in this country, Advice from the Top will leave a lasting legacy for all those who care about improving the status of women in our society.

Advice from the Top offers tips and advice to minority women and others looking for careers in both the for-profit and non-profit worlds. To gain these insights, author Valencia Campbell reviewed research on career success. She interviewed fourteen extraordinary minority women, all of whom shared stories about the path to the top of their fields. They include millionaire business owners like Cathy Hughes and Eunice Dudley, nonprofit executive Jane Smith, former White House staffer Zina Pierre, and television anchor Andrea Roane.

This book goes beyond the usual superficial profile of women achievers, sharing their views on what constitutes success, the factors they consider important to their success, the obstacles they encountered and overcame, and what women can do today to get ahead.

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Print: 5/2009 • © 2009 • 200 pages • 978-0-313-35858-6• $39.95