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Practicing citizenship : women's rhetoric at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair
Author
Title
Practicing citizenship : women's rhetoric at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair / Kristy Maddux.
ISBN
9780271083506
0271083506
Publication
University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2019]
Physical Description
x, 240 pages ; 24 cm.
Summary
"Explores women's conceptions of citizenship as articulated in their speeches at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Illustrates how, in addition to working for their own enfranchisement, women also modeled practices of democratic citizenship beyond the ballot"--Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 08, 2019
Series
Rhetoric and democratic deliberation ; volume 20
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Projecting women at the World's Columbian Exposition
Deliberative democracy
Racial uplift
Organized womanhood
Economic participation.
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