Debating women : gender, education, and spaces for argument, 1835-1945 /

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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 frui...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Woods, Carly S. (Author)
Corporate Author: Project Muse
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2018]
Series:Rhetoric and public affairs series.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Debates and debating > Great Britain > History.
Debates and debating > United States > History.
Public speaking for women > History > 20th century.
Public speaking for women > History > 19th century.
Debates and debating > Societies, etc. > History.
Débats et controverses > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Débats et controverses > États-Unis > Histoire.
Femmes > Art de parler en public > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Femmes > Art de parler en public > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Débats et controverses > Associations > Histoire.
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century
Gay studies.
Lesbian studies.
Gender studies.
Women debaters
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • "The first girls' debating club" : creating a legacy at Oberlin College, 1835-1935
  • "Women of infinite variety" : the Ladies' Edinburgh Debating Society as an intergenerational argument culture, 1865-1935
  • "Britain's brainy beauties" : intercultural encounter on the 1928 British women's debate tour of the United States
  • "Your gown is lovely, but..." : negotiating citizenship at Pennsylvania state colleges, 1928-1945
  • Conclusion.

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