provided feedback on the essay, for their support and guidance of this pro-
ject.

Kristina Horn Sheeler wishes to thank Brenda DeVore Marshall and
Molly Mayhead for their tireless efforts in conceptualizing, organizing, and
editing this project and also for their suggestions, encouragement, and read-
ing of earlier drafts. Special thanks also go to Robert Ivie and John Lucaites
for reading earlier versions of her essays and offering valuable feedback.

Molly Mayhead wishes to thank her parents, Janeen and Derek
Mayhead, for their encouragement of and excitement about her work
throughout her many years of education. She also wishes to thank her hus-
band, Ed Dover, for his helpful suggestions throughout the writing process.
Finally, she wishes to thank profusely her co-editor, Brenda DeVore Mar-
shall, for being such an excellent colleague and friend.

Brenda DeVore Marshall wishes to thank her mother, Alberta Bowyer
DeVore, for a lifetime of encouragement; her father, Keith DeVore, who
throughout his life acknowledged the valuable role that women play in our
world; and her aunt, Alene DeVore, for providing a role model for women in
the public sphere. She also wishes to thank her colleague Barbara Seidman
for her friendship, support, and insightful suggestions regarding portions of
this project. And, she thanks Molly Mayhead for a truly collaborative expe-
rience and for her friendship. Finally, she wishes to thank her husband,
Tyrone Marshall, for his love, friendship, and encouragement in all that she
does.

The material in Kristina Horn Sheeler's chapters was originally devel-
oped as sections of her dissertation, "Women's Public Discourse and the
Gendering of Leadership Culture: Ann Richards and Christine Todd Whit-
man Negotiate the Governorship," to be completed at Indiana University in
2000. Also, we are grateful to Governor Ann Richards for the use of por-
tions of her speeches.

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