Porcelain On Steel | Women of West Point's Long Gray Line by Donna M. McAleer
By Donna M. McAleer
Porcelain on metal is a publication to your daughter, your sister, your ally, and so much of all, your self. the ladies in Porcelain on metal are actual position types. America's adolescence, no matter if male or girl, in addition to mom and dad looking for tales of notion, braveness, loyalty, public carrier and management that set a favorable course for our youngsters, should still learn this publication.
For greater than 2 hundred years, West element has produced officials and leaders who've served our state out and in of uniform. ladies were a part of the well-known lengthy grey Line of graduates for the final 30 years of this precious historical past. As infantrymen, athletes, other halves, and moms, as leaders in enterprise, in non-profits or even the clergy, they've got met demanding situations and triumph over hindrances with power and braveness to guide. Theirs is one of those personality that the warmth of swap and problem couldn't ruin, as an alternative forging a will as robust as metal. we will be able to locate braveness of their braveness, religion of their religion, and our personal top selves in them.
About the Author:
Donna McAleer graduated from West element in 1987 and served as a military Officer. Actively excited by the West aspect group, she serves as classification President and is an Admissions box consultant. Donna used to be elected to the forums of administrators of the West aspect organization of Graduates, the West aspect Women’s community, and is an consultant to West-Point.org. She is the co-founder of Bugle Notes, an online neighborhood for West element graduates and cadets. She earned a master’s measure from the Darden Graduate university of industrial management, collage of Virginia. an outside fanatic with a specific ardour for snowboarding, Donna lives in Park urban, Utah with Ted, her husband, Carlyn Ann, their daughter and Col. (ret) Thayer, their puppy. Porcelain on metal is her first book.
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