Women of Walt Disney Imagineering : 12 women reflect on their trailblazing theme park careers / contributing authors: Maggie Irvine Elliott, Kathy Rogers, Katie Olson, Julie Svendson, Paula Dinkel, Elisabete (Eli) Erlandson, Tori Atencio McCullough, Pam Rank, Becky Bishop, Karen Connolly Armitage, Lynne Macer Rhodes, and Peggie Fariss ; foreword by Ginger Zee ; edited by Mel Malmberg.
xxxix, 231 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
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Summary
"A dozen female Imagineers recount their trailblazing careers! Capturing an era -- and preserving the stories they have told their daughters, their mentees, their husbands, and their friends -- a dozen women Imagineers have written personal stories from their decades designing and building the Disney world-wide empire of theme parks. Illustrated with the women's personal drawings and photos in addition to archival Imagineering images, the book represents a broad swath of Imagineering's creative disciplines during a time of unprecedented expansion. Intertwined with memories of Disney legends are glimpses of what it takes behind the scenes to create a theme park, and the struggles unique to women who were becoming more and more important, visible and powerful in a workplace that was overwhelmingly male"--Amazon.