Woman of the world
Subtitle: Mary McGeachy and international cooperation
By: Mary Kinnear.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Toronto; Buffalo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 327
Subjects: McGeachy, Mary, 1901-1991.; McGeachy, Mary, 1901-1991.; League of Nations -- Officials and employees -- Biography.; United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration -- Officials and employees -- Biography.; Great Britain. Ministry of Economic Warfare -- Officials and employees -- Biography.; International Council of Women -- Officials and employees -- Biography.; Société des Nations -- Fonctionnaires -- Biographies.; United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration -- Fonctionnaires -- Biographies.; Grande-Bretagne. Ministry of Economic Welfare -- Fonctionnaires -- Biographies.; Conseil international des femmes -- Fonctionnaires -- Biographies.; Women diplomats -- Great Britain -- Biography.; International cooperation.; Women -- Canada -- Biography.; Femmes diplomates -- Grande-Bretagne -- Biographies.; Coopération internationale -- Biographies.; Canada -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.; Biographies.
Description: "Mary McGeachy (1901-91) navigated her life and ambitions through the gender conventions of the twentieth century. Born a gospel preacher's daughter in small-town Ontario, she served in the League of Nations Secretariat in the 1930s and was employed by the British Ministry of Economic Warfare during the Second World War. In October 1942, she became the first woman to be given British diplomatic rank, and in 1944, was made Director of Welfare for the newly established United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, the only woman in an executive position. Later she served as president of the International Council of Women, an organization promoting women's rights and welfare. In Woman of the World, Mary Kinnear interprets McGeachy's international experiences through the lens of gender. Building on archives from three continents, Kinnear's acute character study illuminates important aspects of twentieth-century politics and society. This biography also serves as a contribution to the study of international relations, gender studies, and women's history. It retrieves from obscurity a woman who enjoyed contemporary celebrity because of her achievements in a man's world."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-316) and index.