Type of Document	Thesis
Author	Beckett, Rachel
URN	etd-04132009-183337
Title	The Role of U.S. Women Diplomats Between 1945 and 2004
Degree	Master of Arts
Department	History, Department of
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Suzanne Sinke Committee Chair Michael Creswell Committee Member Charles Upchurch Committee Member
Keywords	Perception Gatekeeper Ambassador Diplomacy Femininity Masculinity
Date of Defense	2008-12-10
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract Though historical scholarship on gender and international relations has grown over the last few decades, there has been little work done on women in the Foreign Service. The main objective of this thesis is to examine the role of women diplomats within the Foreign Service since 1945 and to examine how gender differences related to the low numbers of women within the field during a time when women’s representation in other male-dominated fields increased substantially. The study is divided into three chapters that focus on determining how certain factors affected women’s marginalization within the field. The first chapter examines the basic statistics of the women diplomats. Chapter two explores the policies of other countries towards accepting female diplomats, and the last chapter investigates how women conducted foreign policy and carried out the goals of the administration. The conclusion provides an analysis of the findings of all three areas and how they relate to women’s access to fields both within and outside politics.
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