Debating Women

Gender, Education, and Spaces for Argument, 1835-1945

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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Spanning a historical period that begins with women’s exclusion from university debates and continues through their participation in coeducational intercollegiate competitions, Debating Women highlights the crucial role that debating organizations played as women sought to access the fruits of higher education in the United States and United Kingdom. Despite various obstacles, women transformed forests, parlors, dining rooms, ocean liners, classrooms, auditoriums, and prisons into vibrant spaces for ritual argument. There, they not only learned to speak eloquently and argue persuasively but also used debate to establish a legacy, explore difference, engage in intercultural encounter, and articulate themselves as citizens. These debaters engaged with the issues of the day, often performing, questioning, and occasionally refining norms of gender, race, class, and nation. In tracing their involvement in an activity at the heart of civic culture, Woods demonstrates that debating women have much to teach us about the ongoing potential for debate to move arguments, ideas, and people to new spaces.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2018-10-01
Mått152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt536 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieRhetoric & Public Affairs
Antal sidor338
FörlagMichigan State University Press
ISBN9781611862959

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Contents Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. “The First Girls’ Debating Club”: Creating a Legacy at Oberlin College, 1835–1935 Chapter 2. “Women of Infinite Variety”: The Ladies’ Edinburgh Debating Society as an Intergenerational Argument Culture, 1865–1935 Chapter 3. “Britain’s Brainy Beauties”: Intercultural Encounter on the 1928 British Women’s Debate Tour of the United States Chapter 4. “Your Gown Is Lovely, But . . . ”: Negotiating Citizenship at Pennsylvania State Colleges, 1928–1945 Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

2018 Daniel Rohrer Memorial Outstanding Research Award (American Forensic Association) — 2018 Daniel Rohrer Memorial Outstanding Research Award (American Forensic Association) 2019 NCA's James A. Winans-Herbert A. Wichelns Memorial Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Rhetoric and Public Address — 2019 NCA's James A. Winans-Herbert A. Wichelns Memorial Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Rhetoric and Public Address