Educating the New Southern Woman Speech, Writing, and Race at the Public Women's Colleges, 1884-1945 |
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| Author:
| Gold, David
Hobbs, Catherine L. |
| Series title: | Studies in Rhetorics and Feminisms Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8093-3285-4 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2013 |
| Publisher: | Southern Illinois University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $45.00 |
Book Description:
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In this illuminating volume, David Gold and Catherine L. Hobbs examine rhetorical education at eight colleges providing a better understanding of not only how women learned to read, write, and speak in American colleges but also how they used their education in their lives beyond college. The authors also consider how women's education in speech, writing, and rhetoric affected their career choices, the role of race at these schools, and the legacy of public women's...
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In this illuminating volume, David Gold and Catherine L. Hobbs examine rhetorical education at eight colleges providing a better understanding of not only how women learned to read, write, and speak in American colleges but also how they used their education in their lives beyond college. The authors also consider how women's education in speech, writing, and rhetoric affected their career choices, the role of race at these schools, and the legacy of public women's colleges in relation to the history of women's education and contemporary challenges in rhetorical instruction.