Diversifying diplomacy : my journey from Roxbury to Dakar / Harriet Lee Elam-Thomas with Jim Robison ; foreword by Allan Goodman ; preface by John Bersia.

By:

Elam-Thomas, Harriet Lee, 1941- [author.]

Contributor(s):

Robison, Jim, 1952- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy seriesPublisher: Lincoln, Nebraska : Potomac Books, 2017Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781612349800
1612349803

Subject(s): Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Diversifying diplomacyDDC classification:

327.2092 B 23

LOC classification:

E840.8.E43

Other classification:

BIO022000 | BIO010000 | POL011010

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EBSCOhost

Summary: "Today, diverse women of all hues represent this country overseas. Some have called this development the "Hillary Effect." 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"the little Elam girl" from Boston. Diversifying Diplomacytells the story ofHarriet Lee Elam-Thomas, a young black woman who beat the odds and challenged the status quo.Inspired by the strong women in her life, shefollowed 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, recountingher 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 Diplomacypresents thejourney 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."-- Provided by publisher.Summary: "The firsthand account of Harriet Elam-Thomas, or "the little Elam girl" from Boston, whose decades-long effort as a woman of color distinguished her as a successful diplomat"-- Provided by publisher.

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"Today, diverse women of all hues represent this country overseas. Some have called this development the "Hillary Effect." 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"the little Elam girl" from Boston. Diversifying Diplomacytells the story ofHarriet Lee Elam-Thomas, a young black woman who beat the odds and challenged the status quo.Inspired by the strong women in her life, shefollowed 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, recountingher 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 Diplomacypresents thejourney 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."-- Provided by publisher.

"The firsthand account of Harriet Elam-Thomas, or "the little Elam girl" from Boston, whose decades-long effort as a woman of color distinguished her as a successful diplomat"-- Provided by publisher.

Machine generated contents note: 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.

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