Telling political lives : the rhetorical autobiographies of women leaders in the United States
"This collection examines issues such as the intersection between the "politicization of the private and the personalization of the public" evident in the women's narratives; the description of U.S. politics that they provide in their writings; the ways in which their personal stories craft arguments about their political ideologies; the strategies these women leaders employ in navigating the gendered double-binds of politics; and the manner in which their discourse serves to encourage, instruct, and empower future women leaders. The analyses embody and explicate the political and rhetorical strategies these leaders employ in their efforts to act on their convictions, highlight the need for and reality of women's involvement in all levels of politics, and serve as an impetus and inspiration for scholars and activists alike."--BOOK JACKET
Biography
xi, 211 pages ; 24 cm.
9780739119471, 9780739119488, 0739119478, 0739119486
213407397
Women's autobiography as political discourse / Brenda DeVore Marshall and Molly A. Mayhead
Getting from there to here: political rhetoric and African American orality in Barbara Jordan: a self-portrait / Brenda DeVore Marshall
From housework to house work: the political autobiographies of Patricia Schroeder / Molly A. Mayhead and Brenda DeVore Marshall
The "feisty" feminist from Queens: a feminist rhetorical analysis of the autobiographies of Geraldine Ferraro / Catherine A. Dobris
Just like "azaleas in the spring": Elizabeth Dole as a daughter of the South / Nichola D. Gutgold
All our relations: Wilma Mankiller's rhetoric of feminist ecology and Indian sovereignty / Emily Plec
The personal is political: negotiating publicity and privacy In Hillary Rodham Clinton's living history / Karrin Vasby Anderson
Madeleine Albright and the rhetoric of Madame Secretary / C. Brant Short
Finding the sensible center : Christine Todd Whitman's It's my party too as activist autobiography / Kristina Horn Sheeler