Civically Engaged Woman

Jill K. Burk is associate teaching professor and program chair of the Communication Arts and Sciences program at Penn State University, Berks.Christina L. McDowell is senior lecturer of Marketing and Management Communication at Cornell University in the SC Johnson College of Business, Nolan School of Hotel Administration.

• Chapter 1The Light of Lucretia MottMaryl R. McGinley, Kaitlyn Poad, and Mattie UpdykeChapter 2Lydia Hamilton Smith: Actions Speak Louder Than WordsJill K. BurkChapter 3Mother Cabrini: A Trailblazing Civic Servant, Community Activist, and Spiritual LeaderDawn M. Francis, Angela M. Corbo, and Anne SchwelmChapter 4Women’s Fraternal Organizations from 1870-1920: Carrie Chapman Catt, E. Jean Nelson Penfield, and Alice Duer Miller as Rhetorical ExemplarsJeanne M. PersuitChapter 5“All’s Well That Ends Well”: The Influence of Julia Walker Ruhl’s Communication Leadership and Public Voice on Clarksburg, West Virginia, and the NationElesha L. RuminskiChapter 6Beyond Confectionaries: Catherine “Kitty” Hershey and a Hospitality of Care Christina L. McDowell Chapter 7Mary Ware Dennett: Women Are PeopleChristine M. WillinghamChapter 8The Rhetoric and Action of a Suffragist: Sallie W. Hovey Capturing her “Adventurous Spirit” through Mind and Body ActivismAnnette M. HolbaChapter 9Ethel Carow Roosevelt Derby: Preserving the Past for the FutureNichola D. Gutgold