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Women of Walt Disney Imagineering 12 women reflect on their trailblazing theme park careers

"A dozen female Imagineers recount their trailblazing careers! Capturing an era -- and preserving the stories they have told their daughters, their mentees, their husbands, and their friends -- a dozen women Imagineers have written personal stories from their decades designing and building the Disne...

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Main Authors: Armitage, Karen Connolly (Author), Bishop, Becky (Landscape architect) (Author), Dinkel, Paula (Author), Elliott, Maggie Irvine (Author), Erlandson, Elisabete (Author), Fariss, Peggie (Author), McCullough, Tori Atencio (Author), Olson, Katie (Author), Rank, Pam (Author), Rhodes, Lynne Macer (Author), Rogers, Kathy (Author), Svendsen, Julie (Author)
Other Authors: Zee, Ginger (writer of foreword.), Malmberg, Melody (Editor)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles : Disney Editions, 2022.
Edition:First hardcover edition.
Subjects:
Disneyland (Calif.) > Employees > Biography.
Disneyland (Calif.) > History.
Amusement parks > United States > Design.
Women professional employees > United States > Biography.
Disneyland (Calif.) > Employees > History.
Biographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Ginger Zee
  • Preface / Elisabete (Eli) Minceff Erlandson
  • Introduction / Mel Malmberg
  • The authors
  • A short glossary of our shorthand
  • Maggie Irvine Elliott, senior vice president; From tiki-bird builder to senior vice president
  • Kathy Rogers, executive show producer; Learning on the job I never knew existed
  • Katie Olson, principal color concept designer; A brush with Disney
  • Julie Svendsen, concept show designer; Finding my way to Disney's lands
  • Paula Dinkel, principal show lighting designer; Lighting is magic
  • Elisabete (Eli) Minceff Erlandson, principal concept architect; One smart woman, and three idiots
  • Tori Atencio McCullough, executive, interior design; Designing woman, managing mom
  • Pam Rank, principal show lighting designer; Stories from the field
  • Becky Bishop, principal landscape architect; The tree that eclipsed discovery mountain
  • Karen Connolly Armitage, concept designer; I made my career
  • Lynne Macer Rhodes, producer; Trust the journey
  • Becky Bishop, principal landscape architect; How a 2:00 a.m. phone call nearly cost me my job
  • Peggie Fariss, executive, creative development; From Monstro the whale to Marne-la-Vallee.

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