Inventing a Voice

The Rhetoric of American First Ladies of the Twentieth Century
Herausgeber: Wertheimer, Molly Meijer

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Produktbeschreibung

Inventing a Voice is a comprehensive work on the lives and communication of twentieth-century first ladies. Using a rhetorical framework, the contributors look at the speaking, writing, media coverage and interactions, and visual rhetoric of American first ladies from Ida Saxton McKinley to Laura Bush.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 500
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. November 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 955g
• ISBN-13: 9780742529700
• ISBN-10: 0742529703
• Artikelnr.: 21647031

Autorenporträt

Molly Meijer Wertheimer is professor of speech communications and affiliate associate professor of women's studies at Pennsylvania State University, Hazelton.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Editor's Introduction: First Ladies' Fundamental Rhetorical
Choices: When to Speak? What to Say? When to Remain Silent?
Chapter 2 1 The First Lady: A Site of "American Womanhood"
Chapter 3 2 Ida Saxton McKinley: Indomitable Spirit or Autocrat of the Sick
Bed
Chapter 4 3 Edith Kermit Roosevelt: First Lady, First Mommy
Chapter 5 4 Helen Herron Taft: Opportunity and Ambition
Chapter 6 5 Ellen Axson Wilson: A Rhetorical Reassessment of a Forgotten
First Lady
Chapter 7 6 Edith Bolling Galt Wilson: Actions Speak Louder than Words
Chapter 8 7 Florence Kling Harding: Bridging Traditional and Modern
Rhetorical Roles
Chapter 9 8 Grace Goodhue Coolidge: Articulating Virtue
Chapter 10 9 Lou Henry Hoover: Mining the Possibilities as Leader and First
Lady
Chapter 11 10 Eleanor Roosevelt: A Rhetorical Reconstruction of First
Ladydom
Chapter 12 11 Bess Wallace Truman: "The Boss" from Independence
Chapter 13 12 Mamie Geneva Doud Eisenhower: Reflecting the Mood of the
Nation
Chapter 14 13 Jacqueline Kennedy: The Rhetorical Construction of Camelot
Chapter 15 14 Lady Bird Johnson: The Making of a Public First Lady with
Private Influence
Chapter 16 15 Pat Nixon: Wisdom to Know the Difference
Chapter 17 16 Betty Ford: A Certain Comfort From a Candid First Lady
Chapter 18 17 Rosalynn Carter: Crafting a Presidential Partnership
Rhetorically
Chapter 19 18 Nancy Reagan: Leading Lady, Supporting Actress, or Bit Player
Chapter 20 19 Barbara Bush: Her Rhetorical Development and Appeal
Chapter 21 20 Hillary Rodham Clinton: Using Her Vital Voice
Chapter 22 Epilogue: Laura Bush: Using the "Magic of Words" to Educate and
Advocate