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"During the Vietnam war, Celia Ruiz, already an established civil engineer in the Philippines, responds to the United States' announcement of engineer shortages. She comes alone, confident that $300 and her civil engineer's diploma are enough to establish a new life in the land of opportunity, or so she thinks. When she sets out to look for work, she is told she can never find a job as a civil engineer. She braces herself for a hard fight that she is determined to win.
Celia traces her strength to her upbringing and experience in the late 50's when females were openly harassed in engineering school. For two decades, Celia formulates strategies and stays the course, fighting absolute poverty, language barriers, gender discrimination, and racial prejudices. Finally, before age becomes yet another hurdle, Celia finds the way to clear the path to the American Dream – for her, owning an engineering company!
The book closes with pointers on how to pursue a dream to fruition.
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Celia Ruiz Tomlinson, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Political/social rights fight
Yes
Plotlet:
- women fighting for rights
job/profession:
- businessman
Ethnic/Relig. of subject (inside)
- Asian, other
Job/profession/poverty story
Yes
If this is a culture clash:
- minority culture living in majority area
Ethnic/regional/gender
Yes
ethnic of society (outside)
- American (general)
Period of greatest activity?
- 1950+
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- engineer
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity
- Other Asian
Nationality
- American (!)
How sensitive is this person?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other people
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 8 ()
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Asian country:
- Southeast Asia
Century:
- 1960's-1970's
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Is book humorous?
Yes
Commentary on society?
Yes
Unusual Style:
- a lot of stream of consciousness
Writer's slant towards subject:
- favorable
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of set of events during life
Autobiography?
Yes
Pictures/Illustrations?
- None
How much dialogue in bio?
- significantly more descript than dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 0-25% of book
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