Title
- Communication, Media, And Politics
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edited by Molly Meijer WertheimerPublication Details
BookRowman & Littlefield Publishers2004Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) E176.2 .I57 2004 AVAILABLE New Feature: Text this to your cellphone
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Description
Using a rhetorical framework, the contributors look at the speaking, writing, media coverage and interactions, and visual rhetoric of American first ladies from Ida Saxton McKinley to Laura Bush. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Subject
- Presidents’ spouses — United States — History — 20th century
- Presidents’ spouses — United States — Biography
- Presidents’ spouses — United States — Language — History — 20th century
- Rhetoric — Political aspects — United States — History — 20th century
- Communication in politics — United States — History — 20th century
- Women in politics — United States — History — 20th century
- United States — Politics and government — 20th century
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Contents
- Editors’s Introduction: First Ladies’ Fundamental Rhetorical Choices: When to Speak? What to Say? When to Remain Silent? / Molly Meijer Wertheimer
- 1. The First Lady: A Site of "American Womanhood" / Karrin Vasby Anderson
- 2. Ida Saxton McKinley: Indomitable Spirit or Autocrat of the Sick Bed / Nancy L. Herron
- 3. Edith Kermit Roosevelt: First Lady, First Mommy / Catherine M. Hastings
- 4. Helen Herron Taft: Opportunity and Ambition / Beth M. Waggenspack
- 5. Ellen Axson Wilson: A Rhetorical Reassessment of a Forgotten First Lady / Lisa M. Burns
- 6. Edith Bolling Galt Wilson: Actions Speak Louder than Words / Amy R. Slagell and Susan Zaeske
- 7. Florence Kling Harding: Bridging Traditional and Modern Rhetorical Roles / Ann E. Burnette
- 8. Grace Goodhue Coolidge: Articulating Virtue / Janis L. Edwards
- 9. Lou Henry Hoover: Mining the Possibilities as Leader and First Lady / Ann J. Atkinson
- 10. Eleanor Roosevelt: A Rhetorical Reconstruction of First Ladydom / Lisa R. Barry
- 11. Bess Wallace Truman: "The Boss" from Independence / M. Heather Carver
- 12. Mamie Geneva Doud Eisenhower: Reflecting the Mood of the Nation / Kathleen M. German
- 13. Jacqueline Kennedy: The Rhetorical Construction of Camelot / Elizabeth J. Natalle
- 14. Lady Bird Johnson: The Making of a Public First Lady with Private Infleunce / Diana B. Carlin
- 15. Pat Nixon: Wisdom to Know the Difference / Linda B. Hobgood
- 16. Betty Ford: A Certain Comfort from a Candid First Lady / Nichola D. Gutgold and Linda B. Hobgood
- 17. Rosalynn Carter: Crafting a Presidential Partnership Rhetorically / Diane M. Blair and Shawn J. Parry-Giles
- 18. Nancy Reagan: Leading Lady, Supporting Actress, or Bit Player / Janette Kenner Muir and Mary Mooney
- 19. Barbara Bush: Her Rhetorical Development and Appeal / Molly Meijer Wertheimer
- 20. Hillary Rodham Clinton: Using Her Voice / Anne F. Mattina
- Epilogue: Laura Bush: Using the "Magic of Words" to Educate and Advocate / Molly Meijer Wertheimer
ISBN
- 0742529703
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