This issue addresses an entire spectrum of concerns surrounding women's leadership roles. Two articles target the perception of women in leadership roles, two articles discuss difficult experiences of women striving for improvement of themselves and their field, and the final article focuses on the window of opportunity the 1990's has created for women educators. The articles included are: "Voices of Women at Entry Level Positions of Educational Administration" (Catherine Eggleston Hackney); "Perception is Reality: Perceptions of Employment Characteristics of Women in Administaration" (I. Sue Shepard); "Teachers' Perceptions of Women in the Principalship A Current Perspective" (Johnetta Hudson); "Education and Women's Resiliency: Exploring the Experiences of Successful Women from Disadvantaged Backgrounds" (Pamela LePage-Lees); and "School Leadership of the 90's and Beyond: A Window of Opportunity for Women Educators" (Joyce P. Logan).