Praising girls
Subtitle: the rhetoric of young women, 1895-1930
By: Henrietta Rix Wood
Series: Studies in rhetorics and feminisms
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Carbondale
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780809334421; 9780809334438
Subjects: Rhetoric; Social aspects; School orations; High school students' writings; Praise; Young women; School prose; Feminism; History
Description: Study of high school girls in Kansas City, Missouri (Barstow, Haskell, Lincoln, and Central high schools) engaged in rhetoric.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Girls and rhetoric: contexts; title: Amplifying identity: Barstow "new girls"; title: Persuading diverse audiences: Haskell girls; title: Glossing (over) historical realities: Lincoln girls; title: Creating consubstantiality: Central girls; title: Conclusion: rhetorical ramifications.