Vote and voice : women's organizations and political literacy, 1915-1930 by Sharer, Wendy B instant download

Vote and voice : women's organizations and political literacy, 1915-1930 by Sharer, Wendy B instant download

Includes bibliographical references and index, Before suffrage : rhetorical practices of civic engagement -- The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom : rhetorical practices of a new internationalism -- \"We must make enormous propaganda\" : the WILPF and public opinion for peace -- Seeking full measure : the League of Women Voters and partisan political communication -- Rhetorical education for political influence : the LWV and political literacy -- Learning from the strategies and struggles of the LWV and WILPF, \"Vote and Voice: Women's Organizations and Political Literacy, 1915-1930 is the first book-length study to address the writing and speaking practices of members of women's political organizations in the decade after the suffrage movement. During those years, women still did not have power within deliberative and administrative organs of politics, despite their recent enfranchisement. Because they were largely absent from diplomatic circles and political parties, post-suffrage women's organizations developed widespread, cumulative rhetorical practices of public discourse to push for reform within traditional politics.\", \"Extending contemporary understandings of women's political literacy in the post-suffrage era, Vote and Voice is historically significant as well as pedagogically beneficial for instructors who connect rhetorical education with public participation by integrating writing and speaking skills into a curriculum that aims to prepare educated students and active citizens. The volume is enhanced by seven illustrations.\"--Jacket, Print version record