02790nam 2200577 a 450 991082746460332120240418020215.00-268-09657-0(CKB)2560000000052302(OCoLC)712995181(CaPaEBR)ebrary10423362(SSID)ssj0000482532(PQKBManifestationID)11344274(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000482532(PQKBWorkID)10526709(PQKB)11719422(MiAaPQ)EBC3441037(MdBmJHUP)muse9921(Au-PeEL)EBL3441037(CaPaEBR)ebr10423362(EXLCZ)99256000000005230220071217d2008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrAbroad for her country tales of a pioneer woman ambassador in the U.S. Foreign Service /Jean M. Wilkowski1st ed.Notre Dame, Ind. University of Notre Dame Pressc20081 online resource (398 p.) "An ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy book"--P. facing t.p.Includes index.0-268-04413-9 Cover -- Half title -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Early Years, 1926- 44 -- 2. Trinidad, BWI, 1944-46 (Vice Consul) -- 3. Bogotá, Colombia, 1947-48 (Third Secretary-Economic) -- 4. Milan, Italy, 1949-51 (Vice Consul) -- 5. Paris, France, 1953-56 (Deputy Commercial Attaché) -- 6. Santiago, Chile, 1957-59 (Second Secretary) -- 7. Interim Assignments: GATT Tariff Negotiations, 1960-61 -- Senior Seminar, 1962-63 -- Diplomat in Residence in California, 1976- 77 -- 8. Rome, Italy, 1963-66 (Second Secretary), 1969-72 (Commercial Counselor -- Minister/Counselor for Economic Affairs) -- 9. Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 1966-69 (Deputy Chief of Mission -- Chargé d'Affaires a.i.) -- 10. Lusaka, Zambia, 1972-76 (U.S. Ambassador, Chief of Mission) -- 11. To State and the United Nations, 1977-80 (Father Ted, China, and Vienna) -- 12. Later Years, 1980- 2000 -- Epilogue -- Index.Jean M. Wilkowski shares the story of her extraordinary career in the U.S. Foreign Service during the last half of the twentieth century.AmbassadorsUnited StatesBiographyWomen ambassadorsUnited StatesBiographyUnited StatesForeign relations1945-1989AmbassadorsWomen ambassadors327.730092BWilkowski Jean M.1919-1710826MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827464603321Abroad for her country4101727UNINA