Rage and Hope

Regina Luttrell is Senior Associate Dean and an Associate Professor of public relations at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, USA. She is the author of numerous influential books for public relations students and scholars as well as general readers interested in popular culture and social justice.

• About the AuthorAcknowledgmentsPreface: In Search of HopeIntroductionPart I. Suffrage and Rebellion: The First Wave, 1848–19201. Tea, Talk, and a Turning Point2. The Power and Peril of Women's Speech3. Women of Means, Engines of InfluencePART II. Proclaiming Individuality and Unity: The Second and Third Waves, 1960–20004. Keeping the Lantern Lit5. Between Silence and Shout6. Rewriting the Script7. Setback to Surge8. Certified FeministPART III — Revolution Rising: The Fourth Wave and Beyond, 2000–Present9. Persist and Roar10. Onward, AlwaysNotesIndex

What makes Rage and Hope truly groundbreaking is Dr. Regina Luttrell’s recognition that the women’s movement can and should be understood not as a consequence of history, but as a long-running strategic communications campaign—perhaps the most significant in history. She takes us behind the scenes to uncover bands of women—none trained in what we’d call “public relations” today—performing sophisticated audience analyses, creating strategic messaging, and carrying out often-outrageous tactics that won over the press, politicians, and the public. From Reconstruction to the Fifth Wave of Feminism, these passionate women worked at great personal risk, with scant resources and none of the technologies available today. Luttrell has given us more than a history of a movement; she has revealed an extraordinary lesson of how the right words and strategy can forever transform the hearts and minds of a nation.