The Resource Pressure makes diamonds : becoming the woman I pretended to be, a memoir by Valerie Graves
Pressure makes diamonds : becoming the woman I pretended to be, a memoir by Valerie Graves
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The item Pressure makes diamonds : becoming the woman I pretended to be, a memoir by Valerie Graves represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Delaware County District Library.
This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
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- Summary
- This is the unflinching memoir of a female African American advertising executive's unprecedented and unlikely success, which began in the Mad Men era. It follows her journey from the projects of Motown-era Michigan to the skyscrapers of Madison Avenue and beyond. With marches, riots, and demonstrations as the backdrop, and rock 'n' roll as a soundtrack, this book accompanies Graves as she traverses the seismically shifting terrain of 1960s and '70s America on her quest to "be somebody." In the '80s and '90s, as Graves makes her ascent to the East Coast heights of the white male-dominated advertising world, she turns familiarity with harsh realities like racism and sexism into robust insights that deeply connect with African American consumers. During the golden era of black advertising, she becomes an undisputed "somebody." Soon, though, she learns that money, success, a good marriage, and connections that reach all the way to the White House cannot entirely insulate her against the social ills that threaten to crush black Americans
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 296 pages
- Isbn
- 9781617754937
- Label
- Pressure makes diamonds : becoming the woman I pretended to be
- Title
- Pressure makes diamonds
- Title remainder
- becoming the woman I pretended to be
- Statement of responsibility
- a memoir by Valerie Graves
- Subject
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- trueAdvertising executives -- United States -- Biography
- trueAfrican American businesspeople
- trueAfrican American women
- African American women -- United States -- Biography
- trueAmbition in women
- trueBusinesspeople
- trueDiscrimination
- trueDiscrimination in employment
- Graves, Valerie, (Advertising executive)
- trueIndependence in women
- trueLeadership in women
- trueMothers
- trueSuccess in business
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This is the unflinching memoir of a female African American advertising executive's unprecedented and unlikely success, which began in the Mad Men era. It follows her journey from the projects of Motown-era Michigan to the skyscrapers of Madison Avenue and beyond. With marches, riots, and demonstrations as the backdrop, and rock 'n' roll as a soundtrack, this book accompanies Graves as she traverses the seismically shifting terrain of 1960s and '70s America on her quest to "be somebody." In the '80s and '90s, as Graves makes her ascent to the East Coast heights of the white male-dominated advertising world, she turns familiarity with harsh realities like racism and sexism into robust insights that deeply connect with African American consumers. During the golden era of black advertising, she becomes an undisputed "somebody." Soon, though, she learns that money, success, a good marriage, and connections that reach all the way to the White House cannot entirely insulate her against the social ills that threaten to crush black Americans
- Biography type
- autobiography
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- 10541765
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
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- Graves, Valerie
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
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- Graves, Valerie
- Advertising executives
- African American women
- Target audience
- general
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- becoming the woman I pretended to be
- Label
- Pressure makes diamonds : becoming the woman I pretended to be, a memoir by Valerie Graves
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 296 pages
- Isbn
- 9781617754937
- Lccn
- 2016903687
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)945948541
- Label
- Pressure makes diamonds : becoming the woman I pretended to be, a memoir by Valerie Graves
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 296 pages
- Isbn
- 9781617754937
- Lccn
- 2016903687
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)945948541
Subject
- trueAdvertising executives -- United States -- Biography
- trueAfrican American businesspeople
- trueAfrican American women
- African American women -- United States -- Biography
- trueAmbition in women
- trueBusinesspeople
- trueDiscrimination
- trueDiscrimination in employment
- Graves, Valerie, (Advertising executive)
- trueIndependence in women
- trueLeadership in women
- trueMothers
- trueSuccess in business
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