Style and content in the rhetoric of early Afro‐American feminists
- 1 November 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Quarterly Journal of Speech
- Vol. 72 (4) , 434-445
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00335638609383786
Abstract
Analysis of selected speeches by feminists active in early Afro‐American protest reveals significant similarities and differences in their rhetoric and that of white feminists of the period. Sojourner Truth's speeches are similar in style and content; Ida B. Well's addresses differ in style, but her analysis of race and sex recurs in the rhetoric of Southern white feminists; Mary Church Terrell's speech on segregation exhibits “feminine” style but reflects vast differences in concerns.Keywords
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