Explores the discourse women governors use to negotiate political boundaries.
Introduction The Changing Face of the Governorship Marginalizing Metaphors of the Feminine Portrait of a "Governor Lady": An Examination of Nellie Tayloe Ross's Autobiographical Political Advocacy "For Kentucky": The Shared Vision of Governor Martha Layne Collins The Fusion of Populist and Feminine Styles in the Rhetoric of Ann Richards Re-visioning and Re-framing Political Boundaries: Barbara Roberts' Response to Oregon's Budget Crisis Christine Todd Whitman and the Ideology of the New Jersey Governorship Conclusion Works Cited Index
BRENDA DeVORE MARSHALL is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Theatre and Communications Arts at Linfield College./e Her research interests include women's rhetoric, gendered communication, feminist theory, and intercultural communication. MOLLY A. MAYHEAD is Professor of Speech Communication at Western Oregon University. Her research interests include Supreme Court rhetoric, First Amendment issues, and women's rhetoric.
?Now Marshall and Mayhead have provided a needed examination of
women's political rhetoric that will be useful in academic
collections supporting rhetoric, speech, politics, political
philosophy, women's studies, and government.?-Choice
?The contributors are to be congratulated for helping to stimulate
greater interest in women's political rhetoric.?-The Journal of
Politics
"The contributors are to be congratulated for helping to stimulate
greater interest in women's political rhetoric."-The Journal of
Politics
"Now Marshall and Mayhead have provided a needed examination of
women's political rhetoric that will be useful in academic
collections supporting rhetoric, speech, politics, political
philosophy, women's studies, and government."-Choice
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