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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813587903321

Autore

Nash Philip

Titolo

Breaking protocol : America's first female ambassadors, 1933-1964 / / Philip Nash [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, Kentucky : , : University Press of Kentucky, , 2020

ISBN

0-8131-7841-X

0-8131-7838-X

0-8131-7840-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 pages)

Collana

Studies in conflict, diplomacy, and peace

Kentucky scholarship online

Disciplina

327.73009252

Soggetti

Women diplomats - United States - History - 20th century

Ambassadors - United States

Diplomatic and consular service, American

Women ambassadors - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2019.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Patriarchs: American Diplomats in the Early Twentieth Century -- Ruth Bryan Owen: Denmark, 1933-1936 -- Florence Jaffray Harriman: Norway, 1937-1941 -- Perle S. Mesta: Luxembourg, 1949-1953 -- Eugenie M. Anderson: Denmark, 1949-1953, and Bulgaria, 1962-1964 -- Clare Boothe Luce: Italy, 1953-1956 -- Frances E. Willis: Switzerland, 1953-1957, Norway, 1957-1961, and -- Ceylon, 1961-1964 -- Epilogue: 1964-

Sommario/riassunto

Breaking Protocol tells the story of the first female ambassadors in US history (1933-1964): Ruth Bryan Owen, Florence Jaffray Harriman, Perle S. Mesta, Eugenie M. Anderson, Clare Boothe Luce, and Frances E. Willis. This is the first group biography of the Big Six, one that places these women in a wider historical context based on deep and broad research in archival sources. It restores these women to their rightful place in history, and it assists the larger project of rendering women in international history visible.