Shows how Elizabeth Dole, one of the most important female politicians on the scene today, has been able to advance the causes she cares about as well as her political career through her consummate skills as a public speaker.
Foreword Preface Introduction: Her Words Paint the Portrait Advocate for Public Policy Advocate for Religious, Patriotic, and Humanitarian Values Advocate for Women's Rights Advocating for Her Husband, the Republican Party, and Herself Conclusion: A Leader a Long Way from Twilight Appendix Notes Works Cited About the Authors
MOLLY MEIJER WERTHEIMER is Professor of Speech Communication and Women's Studies at Pennsylvania State Universeity, Hazleton. NICHOLA D. GUTGOLD is Assistant Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences at Pennsylvania State University, Berks-Lehigh Valley.
"Elizabeth Dole's life provides rich material for analysis. This
volume provides an important contribution to research about women
and politics, foreshadowing the specific challenges that women face
running for major political offices, especially the U.S.
presidency."-Janette Kenner Muir, Associate Dean for New Century
College, George Mason University
"This book...promises to make a significant contribution to the
growing area of women's place in political discourse. Dole is an
important figure for study, as she is uniquely known for her
discourse and work as a political appointee, elected official, and
candidate spouse. Thus, she encompasses the many roles for women in
the political sphere that compell scholarly attention."-Janis L.
Edwards, Associate Professor, University of Alabama
"This study of Elizabeth Dole's political voice presents careful
analysis that preserves the passion of its subject. Wertheimer
brings the experience of previous treatments of First Ladies
Barbara Bush and Laura Bush to the exuberance of Gutgold's
interviews. Together, the authors add new understanding to a
famously elusive subject."-Catherine M. Hastings, Associate
Professor, Susquehanna University
?Wertheimer and Gutgold analyze this talented leader's life and her
agility in "rhetorical multitasking" and provide a rich context for
her speeches. They argue that Dole's life--her education,
rhetorical training, advocacies, and religious and patriotic
values--can be interpreted as "a new fairy tale" of a capable,
confident politician in her own right. In their classic analysis of
Dole's political voice, the authors note her "sense of mission ...
from the heart" and her efforts to craft a semblance of
spontaneity. Important for its serious investigation of the voice
of one who has contributed to public service in numerous
capacities--secretary of transportation under Reagan, secretary of
labor under the first George Bush, president of the Red Cross,
presidential candidate in 1999, and US senator from North
Carolina--this volume includes a lengthy appendix of 22 speeches
delivered by Dole between 1987 and 2003. Highly recommended.
Lower-/upper-division undergraduates; general readers.?-Choice
"Wertheimer and Gutgold analyze this talented leader's life and her
agility in "rhetorical multitasking" and provide a rich context for
her speeches. They argue that Dole's life--her education,
rhetorical training, advocacies, and religious and patriotic
values--can be interpreted as "a new fairy tale" of a capable,
confident politician in her own right. In their classic analysis of
Dole's political voice, the authors note her "sense of mission ...
from the heart" and her efforts to craft a semblance of
spontaneity. Important for its serious investigation of the voice
of one who has contributed to public service in numerous
capacities--secretary of transportation under Reagan, secretary of
labor under the first George Bush, president of the Red Cross,
presidential candidate in 1999, and US senator from North
Carolina--this volume includes a lengthy appendix of 22 speeches
delivered by Dole between 1987 and 2003. Highly recommended.
Lower-/upper-division undergraduates; general readers."-Choice
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