
Breaking Protocol: America’s First Female Ambassadors, 1933-1964
Series: Diplomats and Diplomacy Author: Nash, Phillip Category: Diplomats and Diplomacy ISBN: 0813178398, 978-0813178394 Pages: 304 More Details
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Philip Nash, Breaking Protocol: America’s First Female Ambassadors, 1933–1964 (University Press of Kentucky, 2020)––An extensive deep dive into the career journeys of six of the most influential early women diplomats. The State Department was a male-dominated entity, and women had a hard time making breakthroughs within it. Nash details the pioneering work of each of the first female ambassadors and provides insight into the role of women in modern U.S diplomacy.