Queen of the Oil Club The Intrepid Wanda Jablonski and the Power of Information |
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| Author:
| Rubino, Anna |
| Foreword by:
| Yergin, Daniel |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8070-7277-6 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2018 |
| Publisher: | Beacon Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $59.99 |
Book Description:
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The first biography of a journalist, publisher, and power broker so influential in the oil world that she was called the midwife of OPEC. Wanda Jablonski began her career as a "copyboy" at a time when women were rarely hired as business reporters and came to wield extraordinary influence over the oil industry from the 1950s through the 1980s. Tenacious and glamorous, Jablonski talked her way into exploration sites in Middle Eastern deserts, drilling camps in the Venezuelan jungle,...
More DescriptionThe first biography of a journalist, publisher, and power broker so influential in the oil world that she was called the midwife of OPEC. Wanda Jablonski began her career as a "copyboy" at a time when women were rarely hired as business reporters and came to wield extraordinary influence over the oil industry from the 1950s through the 1980s. Tenacious and glamorous, Jablonski talked her way into exploration sites in Middle Eastern deserts, drilling camps in the Venezuelan jungle, male-only boardrooms in London, and even the king's harem in Saudi Arabia.