Dick Martin’s New Book “Marilyn: A Woman In Charge” Coming Sept. 8
Shelley Spector, Founder, The Museum of Public RelationsIf you are in public relations, you may interested in a new book by Dick Martin, Marilyn: A Woman In Charge. It’s a biography of Marilyn Laurie, who helped start Earth Day and rose to the corridors of power at a Fortune 10 company. To me, what makes this book so compelling is that it's the story of a woman who made her way through a career book-ended by sexism and near-paralyzing corporate crises, it pulls the curtain back on how businesses contend with internal and external politics at the highest levels, and it shows how Marilyn’s electrifying experiences helped define the practice of public relations. Marilyn: A Woman In Charge will keep you spellbound whether you work in PR or any public-facing business.
A little background: Marilyn Laurie was the first woman to become chief communications officer of AT&T, a successor to Arthur W. Page. She was the first woman to be AT&T's CCO, reporting directly to the CEO. And she was a former president of the Page Society, as well as the PR Seminar. Her professional achievements are already well known. And she herself was very candid in sharing the lessons learned in the crises she faced. But the systemic sexism that rocked her career has never been revealed, much less examined. It’s one of the reasons Dick Martin wrote the book.Marilyn: A Woman In Charge, Marilyn Laurie’s Life In Public Relations, is scheduled to be released on September 8, but you can pre-order a copy at the PRMuseum Press website as well as on Amazon or Barnes & Noble. All websites include excerpts from the book.If you do pre-order from PRMuseum Press before the September 8 publication date, Dick will personally inscribe it to you.In addition to grabbing your own copy—whether in hardcover, softcover, or e-book—it is our great pleasure to tell you that all the author’s royalties will be donated to the Museum of Public Relations to support its continuing study of PR’s past to help shape its future.
