Embarking on a career path : persistence, process, and psychiatry / Andrea M. Brownridge -- A woman of culture and compassion from the Carolinas / Crystal R. Bullard -- Emerging from the shadow and exposed to the light / Hind Benjelloun -- An early-career perspective on work, parenthood, and leadership : you can have it all, you just can't have it all right now / Amy Ursano -- Farmer's daughter excels in psychiatry / Deborah Deas -- Finding my way : a nontraditional career in psychiatry / Mary E. Barber -- Getting to the inner circle : the long, hard road / Jo-Ellyn M. Ryall -- An adventurous journey : from the holy city to the windy city / Surinder Nand -- Mission driven and road tested : a career path in psychiatry / Anita S. Everett -- A community psychiatrist straddling worlds and bridging chasms / Annelle B. Primm -- Administration, advocacy, and academics : one woman's experience / Patricia R. Recupero -- Specializing in the wholly impossible / Altha J. Stewart -- The challenges of leadership : a womans perspective / Ann Marie Sullivan -- Having the courage and conviction to succeed / Donna M. Norris -- Army psychiatrist / Elspeth Cameron Ritchie -- A serendipitous career : from cowboy to out lesbian faculty psychiatrist / Ellen Haller -- Another immigrant's tale : so near and yet so far / Geetha Jayaram -- Receiving effective support while making culture and language changes / Esperanza Diaz -- Unexpected adventures behind the walls / Cassandra F. Newkirk -- My partly planned journey : what has worked for me / Gail E. Robinson -- Centering / Mary Jane England with M. J. Doherty.