
Do Everything Reform
The Oratory of Frances E. Willard
Richard Leeman(Author)
Greenwood Press
Published on 23. June 1992
Book
Hardback
232 pages
978-0-313-27487-9 (ISBN)
Description
This is the first study of the reform oratory of the silver-tongued temperance leader, Frances Willard. It provides a critical analysis of the speaking style of this influential late nineteenth century suffragette, prohibitionist, and leader of women. This work also provides texts of representative speeches, a chronology of important speeches, and a bibliography of primary and secondary sources.
The critical analysis points first to Frances Willard's belief in evolutionary Christianity and the equal treatment of women as the basis for her oratory. The study then examines how women's broadening concerns for reform were justified as a response to women's needs to protect their homes. Her campaigns for the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and the woman question and her speeches calling for changes on behalf of labor and to overcome poverty also figure prominently in the analysis. The eloquent speaking style which conveyed her passionate interest in these issues is then exemplified by the texts of six speeches made between 1874 and 1897. As part of Greenwood's Great American Orators Series, this study is intended for students and professionals in rhetoric and communications, women's studies, and history focusing on American reform movements.
The critical analysis points first to Frances Willard's belief in evolutionary Christianity and the equal treatment of women as the basis for her oratory. The study then examines how women's broadening concerns for reform were justified as a response to women's needs to protect their homes. Her campaigns for the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and the woman question and her speeches calling for changes on behalf of labor and to overcome poverty also figure prominently in the analysis. The eloquent speaking style which conveyed her passionate interest in these issues is then exemplified by the texts of six speeches made between 1874 and 1897. As part of Greenwood's Great American Orators Series, this study is intended for students and professionals in rhetoric and communications, women's studies, and history focusing on American reform movements.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Interest Age: From 7 to 17 years
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
533 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-313-27487-9 (9780313274879)
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Person
RICHARD W. LEEMAN is an Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He specializes in rhetorical criticism and public address.
Content
Series Foreword by Bernard Duffy and Halford Ryan
Foreword by Bernard Duffy
Critical Analysis
The "Do Everything" Reformer
Protecting the Home
Gospel Politics
Christian Socialism
Legacy
Collected Speeches
Everybody's War, 1874
Home Protection, 1879
Annual Address, 1881
Tenth Annual Address, 1889
A White Life for Two, 1890
President's Address, 1897
Chronology of Speeches
Bibliography
Index
Foreword by Bernard Duffy
Critical Analysis
The "Do Everything" Reformer
Protecting the Home
Gospel Politics
Christian Socialism
Legacy
Collected Speeches
Everybody's War, 1874
Home Protection, 1879
Annual Address, 1881
Tenth Annual Address, 1889
A White Life for Two, 1890
President's Address, 1897
Chronology of Speeches
Bibliography
Index