Women and American Foreign Policy: Lobbyists, Critics, and Insiders (America in the Modern World) / Edition 2

by Edward P. Crapol

Overview

In recent years, despite widespread interest in feminism, women's studies, and socio-historical perspectives in general, scholars have failed to unearth a body of historical knowledge related to women in the area of American foreign policymaking--until now. This unique volume brings to light the experiences of eight courageous women, who over a century and a half, had a concrete influence in this area. From Abolitionist critic Lydia Maria Child, to former United States Ambassador to the United Nations Jeane Kirkpatrick, a number of American women have attempted to shape and define the nation's foreign policy, admittedly with varying, often limited degrees of success. In doing so, however, they expanded women's role in the public eye, helped shape public consciousness about the nation's diplomacy, and frequently offered alternative policies that ultimately infiltrated the inner sanctum of the foreign policy "establishment."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780842024303
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	10/01/1992
Series:	America in the Modern World
Edition description:	2nd ed
Pages:	198
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 8.96(h) x 0.64(d)

About the Author

EDWARD P. CRAPOL is Professor and Chairman of the Department of History at the College of William and Mary in Virginia.

Table of Contents

Introduction by Edward P. Crapol

Lydia Maria Child: Abolitionist Critic of American Foreign Policy by Edward P. Crapol

"Plenipotentiary in Petticoats": Jane M. Cazneau and American Foreign Policy in the Mid-Nineteenth Century by Robert E. May

Duty with Delicacy: Anna Ella Carroll of Maryland by Janet L. Coryell

Lucia True Ames Mead: American Publicist for Peace and Internationalism by John M. Craig

Eleanor Roosevelt and Human Rights: The Battle for Peace and Planetary Decency by Blanche Wiesen Cook

Joining the Boy's Club: The Diplomatic Career of Eleanor Lansing Dulles by Lynne K. Dunn

Speaking Out, Selling Out, Working Out: The Changing Politics of Jane Fonda by Jeanne Zeidler

Barely in the Inner Circle: Jeane Kirkpatrick by Judith Ewell

Conclusion: Of Mice and Men by Joan Hoff-Wilson

Bibliography

Selected Index. "