Harriet Lee Elam-Thomas, Jim Robison

Diversifying Diplomacy (eBook, PDF)

My Journey from Roxbury to Dakar

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Today, diverse women of all hues represent this country overseas. Some have called this development the "e;Hillary Effect."e; But well before our most recent female secretary of state there was Madeleine Albright, the first woman to serve in that capacity, and later Condoleezza Rice. Beginning at a more junior post in the Department of State in 1971, there was "e;the little Elam girl"e; from Boston.Diversifying Diplomacy tells the story of Harriet Lee Elam-Thomas, a young black woman who beat the odds and challenged the status quo. Inspired by the strong women in her life, she followed in the footsteps of the few women who had gone before her in her effort to make the Foreign Service reflect the diverse faces of the United States. The youngest child of parents who left the segregated Old South to raise their family in Massachusetts, Elam-Thomas distinguished herself with a diplomatic career at a time when few colleagues looked like her. Elam-Thomas's memoir is a firsthand account of her decades-long career in the U.S. Department of State's Foreign Service, recounting her experiences of making U.S. foreign policy, culture, and values understood abroad. Elam-Thomas served as a United States ambassador to Senegal (2000-2002) and retired with the rank of career minister after forty-two years as a diplomat. Diversifying Diplomacy presents the journey of this successful woman, who not only found herself confronted by some of the world's heftier problems but also helped ensure that new shepherds of honesty and authenticity would follow in her international footsteps for generations to come. Purchase the audio edition.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Potomac Books
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781612349824
• Artikelnr.: 49746523

Autorenporträt

Harriet Elam-Thomas

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Foreword by Allen E. Goodman
Preface by John Bersia
Acknowledgments
Introduction: America’s Approach Is Not the Planet’s Only Game
1. What a Family!
2. My Name Is Harriet
3. Do You Know How to Type?
4. Young, Black, Female, and . . . from the White House
5. Harriet, How Is Your Greek?
6. The Desk Officer Who Was Never in Her Office
7. Well, It’s the Truth!
8. This Was Our “Aha” Moment
9. Off to Dakar
10. I Was Ready to Retire . . . I Thought
Epilogue: Coming Full Circle, Cuba Face-to-Face
Index