Diamonds are a girl's best friend
Diamonds are a girl's best friend [electronic resource] /
Media Education Foundation ; producer & director, Sarah Knight.
- 1 online resource (streaming video file) (56 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
- 005533
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Producer & Director: Sarah Knight. Producer: Barbara Ghammashi. Executive Producer: Gary Sharfin & Ashley Shepherd. Cinematographers: Laura Crosta, Carl Eyster, Collin Martin & Daniel Tayag. Editor: Gary Sharfin. Sound Recordist: Tim Alward, Colin Heath, Chet Leonard & Daniel R. Williams. Music Supervisor: Vince Scuderi.
Originally produced by Media Education Foundation in 2011.
Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend tells the inspiring story of Nicole Sherry McFadyen, one of only two women in history to be named Head Groundskeeper of a Major League Baseball team. Beginning with her first internship, the film shows how McFadyen rose through the ranks to become a leading innovator in the field and ultimately take the prestigious head job at storied Camden Yards in Baltimore. If you're looking for ways to counter negative gender stereotypes with a positive and powerful vision of women's leadership, this is an ideal classroom resource.
Grade 9+
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
1290290 Kanopy
Baseball.
Women--Employment--United States.
Access restricted to subscribers.
Producer & Director: Sarah Knight. Producer: Barbara Ghammashi. Executive Producer: Gary Sharfin & Ashley Shepherd. Cinematographers: Laura Crosta, Carl Eyster, Collin Martin & Daniel Tayag. Editor: Gary Sharfin. Sound Recordist: Tim Alward, Colin Heath, Chet Leonard & Daniel R. Williams. Music Supervisor: Vince Scuderi.
Originally produced by Media Education Foundation in 2011.
Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend tells the inspiring story of Nicole Sherry McFadyen, one of only two women in history to be named Head Groundskeeper of a Major League Baseball team. Beginning with her first internship, the film shows how McFadyen rose through the ranks to become a leading innovator in the field and ultimately take the prestigious head job at storied Camden Yards in Baltimore. If you're looking for ways to counter negative gender stereotypes with a positive and powerful vision of women's leadership, this is an ideal classroom resource.
Grade 9+
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
1290290 Kanopy
Baseball.
Women--Employment--United States.