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1 online resource (271 pages) |
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Studies in Rhetorics and Feminisms |
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Studies in rhetorics and feminisms.
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| Contents |
Cover; Other Books in the Studies in Rhetorics and Feminisms Series; Book Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Buck's "Social" View of Ethics and Rhetoric; 2. Progressive Education, Feminism, and the Detroit Normal Training School; 3. The "Advance" toward Democratic Administration; Gallery; 4. The Suffrage Movement and Buck's Approach to Argument and Debate; 5. The Little Theater Movement and Buck's Democratized View of Drama; 6. Socially Conscious Women Teaching Writing; Notes; Works Cited; Index; Author Bio; Series Statement; Back Cover |
| Summary |
The first book-length investigation of a pioneering English professor and theorist at Vassar College, A Feminist Legacy: The Rhetoric and Pedagogy of Gertrude Buck explores Buck's contribution to the fields of education and rhetoric during the Progressive Era. By contextualizing Buck's academic and theoretical work within the rise of women's educational institutions like Vassar College, the social and political movement toward suffrage, and Buck's own egalitarian political and social ideals, Suzanne Bordelon offers a scholarly and well-informed treatment of Buck's achievem |
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Buck, Gertrude, 1871-1922.
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Buck, Gertrude, 1871-1922 |
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Vassar College -- Officials and employees -- Biography
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Vassar College |
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Feminist literary criticism.
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Feminist theory.
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Feminists -- United States -- Biography
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Women college teachers -- United States -- Biography
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Employees
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Feminist literary criticism
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Feminist theory
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Feminists
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Women college teachers
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1280697431 |
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9781280697432 |
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9780809386512 |
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0809386518 |
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9780809328994 |
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0809328992 |
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