“By Far the Best of Our Foreign Representatives

” Vira B. Whitehouse and the Origins of Public Diplomacy

Datos Bibliográficos

ID21576877
AutoresAyla Oden (0000-0003-1928-5870, Manship School of Mass Communication at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA, autor de correspondencia), John Maxwell Hamilton (Manship School of Mass Communication at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA)
Año2023
Volumen40
Número2
Páginas168-191
Fecha de publicación2023-04-03
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journalism (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0882-1127 • E-ISSN: 2326-2486
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/08821127.2023.2199686
OpenAlexW4367672864
IdiomaEN

The Committee on Public Information’s efforts during World War I marked the beginning of American public diplomacy, but its influence has been overlooked. This paper examines the role of suffragist Vira B. Whitehouse in the pioneering endeavor in Berne, Switzerland. Scant research has looked at Whitehouse’s significant contribution to public diplomacy and, even then, it largely ignores the challenges she faced. Nor does the research link her work as a suffrage leader with her success in creating a brand-new form of diplomacy

Diplomacy · Political science · Politics · Public Diplomacy · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Public Administration · Public Relations and Crisis Communication