Changing differences : women and the shaping of American foreign policy, 1917-1994 /

There are more than fifty women in the United States Congress and nearly one-fourth of foreign service posts are held by women. Nevertheless, the United States has yet to entrust a senior foreign policy job, outside of the United Nations, to a woman. Beneath these statistics lurk central myths that...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Jeffreys-Jones, Rhodri
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©1995.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Women > Political activity > United States > History > 20th century.
Women diplomats > United States > History > 20th century.
Femmes > Activité politique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Femmes diplomates > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
Diplomatic relations.
Women diplomats.
Women > Political activity.
Vrouwen.
Buitenlandse politiek.
Regions & Countries - Americas.
History & Archaeology.
United States - General.
United States > Foreign relations > 20th century.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > 20e siècle.
United States.
Verenigde Staten.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. A Momentary Silence: The Survival of Gender Distinction in World War I
  • 3. From Peace to Prices in the Tariff Decade
  • 4. Presidential Recognition of the Female Vote, 1932
  • 5. Dorothy Detzer and the Merchants of Death
  • 6. A Tale of Two Women: Harriet Elliott, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Changing Differences
  • 7. Margaret Chase Smith and the Female Quest for Security
  • 8. Bella Abzug: Signpost to the Future
  • 9. The Myth of the Iron Lady: An International Comparison
  • 10. American Women and Contemporary Foreign Policy
  • 11. Conclusion.

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