| Abstract | The role of women in European integration politics, diplomacy and scholarship is underresearched, overlooked and at times misunderstood. Looking for women involved in the European integration process is however not a straightforward endeavour. This chapter demonstrates how women’s various contributions to European integration can be uncovered, assessed and integrated into the history of post-war Europe. Using the example of the United States diplomat and scholar Miriam Camps (1916-1994), the chapter proposes to acknowledge the variegated nature of women’s careers, often a response to discriminatory practices limiting women’s career options, resulting in women occupying roles in formal and informal diplomacy. This chapter will explore Camps’ career, scholarship and discuss why we should recover her ‘narrative of European integration’ and her broader role in post-war transatlantic relations as well as that of other women. |
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