APPENDIX B
Life History Interviews
Recruitment
The women we interviewed were drawn from two sites: the New York Tri-state area and the Charlotte/Atlanta region. The main reason for these sites was the location of the researchers at the time the research was undertaken. We used a two-tier recruitment process.
First, because our focus was on understanding the women’s life journeys, we used sources that would lead us directly to women managers. Thus, we contacted a number of women’s professional organizations for their assistance in locating women to participate in our study. Among these contacts were the National Coalition of Female Executives, the National Association of Bank Women, the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, the National ...
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