Influences of nineteenth century women's speeches on forming early feminist ideology: A rhetoric of social intervention approach

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dc.contributor.advisorMatthew Brown
dc.contributor.committeeMemberGretchen Busl
dc.contributor.committeeMemberDundee Lackey
dc.creatorMartin, Meredith L 1986-
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-08T21:01:22Z
dc.date.available2024-02-08T21:01:22Z
dc.date.created2023-12
dc.date.issuedDec-23
dc.date.submittedDec-23
dc.date.updated2024-02-08T21:01:23Z
dc.description.abstract“Womanhood is the greatest fact of her life,” writes Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Matilda Gage in the History of Suffrage: 1848-1860. The ideological concept of “womanhood” is a central theme of “first-wave” feminist rhetoric and the Woman’s Rights Movement of the nineteenth century in America. This dissertation explores how Christian feminists influenced the rhetorical construction of “womanhood” and formative aspects of feminist ideology through their oratory. The way in which this study explores how women’s rhetoric contributed to concepts of “womanhood” and feminist ideology is through the analysis of seven speeches and sermons not previous studied by other scholars through the theoretical and analytical framework called the Rhetoric of Social Intervention model. The analysis of rhetorical interventions in the speech artifacts demonstrated how Christian feminists separated religious influence from social and political perspectives on women and womanhood, perceived how changes in society based on egalitarianism would impact women’s social roles and relationship with men, and contributed to modern discourse about needs and identity. The implications of this study include challenging scholarship on simplified perspectives of the “first-wave” feminist movement, synthesizing feminist ideology into an entire ideological framework, and provide more insight into understandings of how women shape rhetorical discourse.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11274/15723
dc.language.isoEnglish
dc.subjectFeminist rhetoric; religious rhetoric; nineteenth century rhetoric
dc.subject.otherFirst-wave feminism
dc.subject.otherFeminist ideology
dc.subject.otherReligious rhetoric
dc.subject.otherNineteenth century
dc.titleInfluences of nineteenth century women's speeches on forming early feminist ideology: A rhetoric of social intervention approach
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialtext
thesis.degree.collegeCollege of Arts and Sciences
thesis.degree.departmentLanguage, Culture, and Gender Studies
thesis.degree.disciplineRhetoric
thesis.degree.grantorTexas Woman's University
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy
thesis.degree.programMLA 9th edtion
thesis.degree.schoolTexas Woman's University

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