Barriteau's Framework
What kind of leadership does Barriteau believe women should focus on developing?
Transformational leadership — a type of leadership that brings positive change for everyone, not just personal success.
What country was Eugenia Charles the Prime Minister of?
Dominica
Barriteau references on the intellectual work of Caribbean feminist pioneers. There are 3 of them name 1.
Peggy Antrobus
Rhoda Reddock
Patricia Mohammed
Give one of the many words used to described traditional Caribbean leadership in the presentation?
Hierarchical
Authoritarian
Individualistic
Masculinized
Give any one of the nicknames mentioned that the media gave Eugenia Charles due to her tough leadership style?
The Iron Lady of the Caribbean
The eminent professional virgin
Mother fowl
The Danger Lady
What is the term that Charles continually distanced herself from, and why do some female leaders distance themselves from this term?
Feminism, and to be taken seriously in male dominated spaces.
What is one quality that transformational leadership encourages that traditional leadership often ignores?
Empathy and collaboration — focusing on relationships and social well-being instead of authority or control. Having a connection with the community.
Why is Charles’s leadership called both “progressive and contradictory”?
She advanced and aided women but didn’t challenge the system that limited them.
Name one woman Charles appointed to a leadership position?
Marie Davis Pierre, Neva Edwards, or Cynthia Butler.
In Barriteau’s view, why must leadership in the Caribbean move beyond traditional political models?
Traditional models are patriarchal and exclude women’s ways of leading or relating to power. It often undermines their authority.
Why was the nickname at 200 pts both positive and negative for Charles?
It praised her strength but also linked power with masculinity, reinforcing gender bias. This reinforced the stereotype that for a woman to be powerful, she has to act like a man, rather than showing that strength can exist in many forms of womanhood.
Why is Caribbean feminism different from Western feminism?
Caribbean feminism is unique because it comes from the region’s history of slavery, colonialism, and resistance unlike Western feminism.