Women Public Speakers in the United States, 1925-1993 - by Karlyn Kohrs Campbell (Hardcover)

About the Book

This volume, the second of two companion biographical dictionaries, provides extensive entries on 31 women orators active since 1925. It covers women with distinguished political careers, such as Clare Boothe Luce, Frances Perkins, and Ann Willis Richards; women with important scientific careers, such as Rachel Carson and Helen Broinowski Caldicott; and women with religious careers, such as Dorothy Day and Pauli Murray. It includes extraordinary women, such as Helen Keller and Eleanor Roosevelt and women who have been active in the women's movement as well as those, such as Phyllis Schlafly, who have been actively anti-feminist. Each entry provides brief biographical information, focuses on an analysis of the subject's rhetoric, and concludes with information on sources.

Book Synopsis

This volume, the second of two companion biographical dictionaries, provides extensive entries on 31 women orators active since 1925. It covers women with distinguished political careers, such as Clare Boothe Luce, Frances Perkins, and Ann Willis Richards; women with important scientific careers, such as Rachel Carson and Helen Broinowski Caldicott; and women with religious careers, such as Dorothy Day and Pauli Murray. It includes extraordinary women, such as Helen Keller and Eleanor Roosevelt and women who have been active in the women's movement as well as those, such as Phyllis Schlafly, who have been actively anti-feminist. Each entry provides brief biographical information, focuses on an analysis of the subject's rhetoric, and concludes with information on sources.

Review Quotes

?A good reference book can illuminate a subject as well as provide avenues for further research Women Public Speakers, 1925-1993: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook edited by Karlyn Kohrs Campbell does both, bringing new insights on contemporary American women speakers and providing students and scholars with sources for further studies. The book is as informative as it is interesting.?-Feminist Collections

?Useful for undergraduate and graduate students, this excellent sourcebook is a valuable resource, particularly for anyone interested in the changing roles of U.S. women.?-Choice

"Useful for undergraduate and graduate students, this excellent sourcebook is a valuable resource, particularly for anyone interested in the changing roles of U.S. women."-Choice

"A good reference book can illuminate a subject as well as provide avenues for further research Women Public Speakers, 1925-1993: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook edited by Karlyn Kohrs Campbell does both, bringing new insights on contemporary American women speakers and providing students and scholars with sources for further studies. The book is as informative as it is interesting."-Feminist Collections

About the Author

KARLYN KOHRS CAMPBELL is Professor and Chair of the Department of Speech-Communication at the University of Minnesota. She is author of Man Cannot Speak for Her (2 vols.), published by Greenwood Press, and co-author of Deeds Done in Words: Presidential Rhetoric and the Genres of Governance. She was one of the first five distinguished scholars named by the Speech Communication Association.