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.