Women and rhetoric between the wars / edited by Ann George, M. Elizabeth Weiser, and Janet Zepernick.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

George, Ann, 1957-

Weiser, M. Elizabeth.

Zepernick, Janet.

Series:

Studies in rhetorics and feminisms.

Studies in rhetorics and feminisms

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Language.

Women.

Women in public life--United States--History--20th century.

Women in public life.

Feminism--United States--History--20th century.

Feminism.

Feminism--Language.

Physical Description:

xiii, 302 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Normal.dotm0012161232SIU Press102151212.00false18 pt18 pt00falsefalsefalse In "Women and Rhetoric between the Wars," editors Ann George, M. Elizabeth Weiser, and Janet Zepernick have gathered together insightful essays from major scholars on women whose practices and theories helped shape the field of modern rhetoric. Examining the period between World War I and World War II, this volume sheds light on the forgotten rhetorical work done by the women of that time. It also goes beyond recovery to develop new methodologies for future research in the field. Collected within are analyses of familiar figures such as Jane Addams, Amelia Earhart, Helen Keller, and Bessie Smith, as well as explorations of less well known, yet nevertheless influential, women such as Zitkala- a, Jovita Gonzalez, and Florence Sabin. Contributors evaluate the forces in the civic, entertainment, and academic scenes that influenced the rhetorical praxis of these women. Each essay presents examples of women s rhetoric that move us away from the waves model toward a more accurate understanding of women s multiple, diverse rhetorical interventions in public discourse. The collection thus creates a new understanding of historiography, the rise of modern rhetorical theory, and the role of women professionals after suffrage. From celebrities to scientists, suffragettes to academics, the dynamic women of this volume speak eloquently to the field of rhetoric studies today. "

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

List of Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction - Ann George, M. Elizabeth Weiser, Janet Zepernick

Voluntary Associations for the Civic Scene

1. Continuous Mediation: Julia Grace Wales's New Rhetoric - Wendy B. Sharer

2. The Hope for Peace and Bread - Hephzibah Roskelly

3. Gertrude Bonnin's Transrhetorical Fight for Land Rights - Elizabeth Wilkinson

4. A Rhetor's Apprenticeship: Reading Frances Perkins's Rhetorical Autobiography - Janet Zepernick

5. Working Together and Being Prepared: Early Girl Scouting as Citizenship Training - Sarah Hallenbeck

Popular Celebrity in the Epideictic Scene

6. Reading Helen Keller - Ann George

7. Dorothy Day: Personalizing (to) the Masses - M. Elizabeth Weiser

8. The Shocking Morality of Nannie Helen Burroughs - Sandra L. Robinson

9. Bessie Smith's Blues as Rhetorical Advocacy - Coretta Pittman

10. Traditional Form, Subversive Function: Aunt Molly Jackson's Labor Struggles - Cassandra Parente

11. Sweethearts of the Skies - Sara Hillin

Academia and the Scene of Professionalism

12. Field Guides: Women Writing Anthropology - Risa Applegarth

13. "Have We Not a Mind Like They?" : Jovita González on Nation and Gender - Kathy Jurado

14. "Exceptional Women" : Epideictic Rhetoric and Women Scientists - Jordynn Jack

15. "Long I Followed Happy Guides" : Activism, Advocacy, and English Studies - Kay Halasek

Works Cited

Contributors

Index

Studies in Rhetorics and Feminisms

Other Books in the Studies in Rhetorics and Feminisms Series

Back Cover.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-299-28383-7

0-8093-3139-X

OCLC:

833300195