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"Feminist rhetoric is, first and foremost, a set of long-established practices that advocate a political position of rights and responsibilities that certainly includes the equality of women and Others... The term Others resonates with women, people of color, or people disenfranchised on the basis of their race, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, religion, ability, language, or all the possible intersections of these identity markers... Feminist rhetoric also focuses on the rights, contributions, expertise, opportunities, and histories of marginalized groups and supports coalitions across and among these groups. It relies on rhetorical concepts and practices, including a response to an exigence, attention to audience, arguments based on reason and evidence, purposeful and appropriate language, and, of course, the rhetorical appeals of ethos, logos, and pathos."

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Quote of the day courtesy of Professor Clark-Oates

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Quote of the day courtesy of Professor Clark-Oates

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"120R is a constant lesson in humility."

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What is the difference between Rhetorical Feminism and Feminist Rhetoric?

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"Rhetorical Feminism" as Defined by Glenn 

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"Rhetorical Feminism" as Defined by Glenn 

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"Rhetorical feminism is a tactic (actually a set of tactics)- a theoretical stance- that is responsive to the ideology that is feminism and to the key strategy that is feminist rhetoric. Anchored in hope, rhetorical feminism offers ways to disidentify with hegemonic rhetoric, with the dominant rhetorical histories, theories, and practices articulated in Western culture. As a tactic, then, rhetorical feminism is in a constant state of response, reassessment, and self-correction. Rhetorical feminism encats goals that are dialogic and transactional rather than monologic and reactional and attends to (provisionally) marginalized audiences that may or may not have the power to address or resolve exigence. Rhetorical feminism employs and respects vernaculars and experiences, recognizing them as sources of knowledge."

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From "Releasing the Imagination" by Maxine Glenn 

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From "Releasing the Imagination" by Maxine Glenn 

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... I illustrate the notion of recalling the shapes of childhood with reference to a life story. I cannot truly say "my life story." That would imply that, spiderlike, I have somehow spun a web solely from the stuff of my own being, sibling and maternal relationships, political and professional phenomena, and even aging and decline from "my self." I am not so "individual" that I can claim to be free from the shaping influence of contexts. Nor can I forget that, conscious as I have tried to be, I have lived inside a whole variety of ideologies and discursive practices, in spite of trying - through resistance and critique - to liberate myself."

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Raised by Women

Some thick haired
Angela Davis afro styling
"Girl, lay back
and let me scratch yo head"
Sorta Women.

Some big legged
High yellow, mocha brown
Hip shaking
Miniskirt wearing
Hip huggers hugging
Daring debutantes
Groovin
"I know I look good"
Type of Women.

Some face slapping
Hands on hips
"Don't mess with me,
Pack your bags and
get the hell out of my house"
Sorta women

I was raised by women
Kelly Norman Ellis
Kelly Norman Ellis reading "Raised by Women" (requires Quicktime)

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Coal Black Voices | Kelly Norman Ellis: Raised by Women: Video

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Raised by Women Some thick haired Angela Davis afro styling "Girl, lay back and let me scratch yo head" Sorta Women. Some big legged High yellow, mocha brown Hip shaking Miniskirt wearing Hip huggers hugging Daring debutantes Groovin "I know I look good" Type of Women.

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Got moved to the 22nd of October.

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Pick a Rhetor and one of their speeches to analyze - focusing on the features of the text to interpret meanings, to make claims about the how the rhetorical situation influences the persuasive power of the rhetor, to synthesize how the text DOES (not what it means).

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Archives of Women's Political Communication

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Welcome to the Archives of Women's Political Communication

The Archives of Women's Political Communication is an online archives launched in 2007 by the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics at Iowa State University devoted entirely to women's political speech. The archives houses the speeches and campaign advertising of U.S. women senators and representatives, cabinet members, Supreme Court justices, governors and lieutenant governors, and first and second ladies; international women leaders; and recipients of the Mary Louise Smith Chair in Women and Politics at Iowa State University. It also features the speeches of historically significant women, social activists and women who have used their position of celebrity to advocate for political causes.

Speeches and ads are continually being gathered by our staff and added to the archives. Please feel free to contact us with any suggestions for additions to our collection.

The archives is made possible through a generous gift from the late Richard and Mary Jo Stanley.

Featured profile

U.S. Rep. Mia Love served Utah's 4th Congressional District from 2015 to 2019. She was the first Haitian American and the first black female Republican in Congress, and the first black person to be elected to Congress from Utah. She lost her 2018 re-election bid. Love was born on Dec. 6, 1975, in Brooklyn, New York. She graduated from the University of Hartford with a degree in fine arts. In 2003, Love was elected to the Saratoga Springs (Utah) City Council. After serving two terms, she was elected mayor. She retained this role until she was elected to Congress. For information on Love's policy subject areas, committee appointments and sponsored/co-sponsored legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives, please visit her profile on https://www.congress.gov. More

"Everybody counts in applying democracy. And there will never be a true democracy until every responsible and law-abiding adult in it, without regard to race, sex, color or creed has his or her own inalienable and unpurchasable voice in government."

Carrie Chapman Catt (1917)

Votes for All: A Symposium. In The Crisis 15(1).

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Welcome to the Archives of Women's Political Communication The Archives of Women's Political Communication is an online archives launched in 2007 by the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics at Iowa State University devoted entirely to women's political speech.