Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-250) and index.
Introduction: an extraordinary galaxy of American women -- Courting transatlantic marriages -- Amazon attache: Jennie Jerome Churchill -- Drawing room diplomat: Mary Endicott Chamberlain Carnegie -- Devoted mediator: Mary Leiter Curzon -- Elegant envoy: Consuelo Vanderbilt Marlborough Balsan -- Candid consul: Nancy Langhorne Shaw Astor -- The American invasion -- Conclusion: ambassadors by any name