02886nam 2200601 450 991081358790332120191211151750.00-8131-7841-X0-8131-7838-X0-8131-7840-1(CKB)4100000009913112(MiAaPQ)EBC5982082(OCoLC)1128180648(MdBmJHUP)muse77074(StDuBDS)EDZ0002256439(MiAaPQ)EBC30384865(Au-PeEL)EBL30384865(EXLCZ)99410000000991311220200420e20202019 fy| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBreaking protocol America's first female ambassadors, 1933-1964 /Philip Nash[electronic resource]1st ed.Lexington, Kentucky :University Press of Kentucky,2020.1 online resource (305 pages)Studies in conflict, diplomacy, and peaceKentucky scholarship onlinePreviously issued in print: 2019.0-8131-7839-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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-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.Studies in conflict, diplomacy, and peace.Kentucky scholarship online.Women diplomatsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryAmbassadorsUnited StatesBiographyDiplomatic and consular service, AmericanWomen ambassadorsUnited StatesBiographyWomen diplomatsHistoryAmbassadorsDiplomatic and consular service, American.Women ambassadors327.73009252Nash Philip1618460StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910813587903321Breaking protocol3950194UNINA