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SUMMARY:"In True Face: A Woman's Life in the CIA\, Unmasked" with Jonna Mendez
DESCRIPTION:*REGISTRATION FOR THIS PROGRAM IS FULL WITH A 
 WAITLIST.*\n\n*Due to the length of the waitlist\, we have closed 
 registration early.* \n\nIf you are not yet registered\, we hope you can 
 join us virtually by watching on Vimeo. This program will be livestreamed\, 
 but will not be available to view later.\n\nThe bestselling co-author of 
 The Moscow Rules and Argo tells her riveting\, courageous story of being a 
 female spy at the CIA and battling against the prevailing culture of sexism 
 at the time\, all while undertaking dangerous missions for America’s 
 safety during the height of the Cold War.\n\nJonna Hiestand Mendez began 
 her CIA career as a "contract wife\," a second-class citizen who was hired 
 as a convenience to her husband’s career\, a young officer stationed in 
 Europe. She needed his permission to open a bank account or shut off the 
 gas to their apartment\, and she performed secretarial duties for the 
 CIA.\n\nMendez's talent for espionage was clear\, and she soon took on 
 bigger and more significant roles at The Agency. She lived under cover and 
 served tours of duty all over the globe\, as well as at CIA Headquarters. 
 She confronted dangerous situations that called on her spy training: coming 
 face to face with a rogue Jihadi who had brought down an American plane\, 
 and helping steal a top-secret encryption machine from a Soviet embassy\, 
 among other high stakes situations. She became an international spy and 
 ultimately Chief of Disguise at CIA’s Office of Technical Service–a 
 kind of female American version of James Bond's famous "Q."\n\nIn this 
 breakthrough memoir\, Mendez recounts not only the drama of her 
 international spy career but the grit and good fortune it took for her to 
 navigate a misogynistic world. She was undermined\, harassed\, and 
 intimidated\,  all while maintaining a patriotic mission and working to 
 advance her own career.   She was a firsthand witness to the cost of this 
 gendered culture\, both to the women who worked there\, and to the 
 interests of the agency and the nation it serves.\n\nIn True Face is both 
 clear-eyed and dramatic: the story of an incredible spy career\, and what 
 it took to achieve it.\n\nIn partnership with Dent. Registration required 
 to save a seat. A book signing with Iconoclast Books will follow.
LOCATION:John A. and Carole O. Moran Lecture Hall\, The Community Library
ORGANIZER;CN="Martha Williams":MAILTO:mwilliams@comlib.org
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Conversations
CONTACT;CN="Martha Williams":MAILTO:mwilliams@comlib.org
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URL:https://thecommunitylibrary.libcal.com/event/11703195
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