Women in Rhetoric
focuses on: intersectionality, formalism, fragmented identities, and rhetoric as interdisciplinary study
focuses on activism, emphasis on universal rights, and emphasis on orator
focuses on plain language, pronunciation, mental capacities of humans, and abundant style
abundant style, less emphasis on religion, humanism
heavily religious, very moral, heavy in vernacular, and canons were reversed
moral code, worked within power structure, personal experiences, and transcendent truth
Women in Rhetoric
Renaissance Rhetoric
Margaret More Roper
one of the finest Renaissance scholars
limited her writings to translations, letters, private devotions,
and diaries
translated Erasmus' "Devout Treatise upon the Pater Noster"
Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz
wrote theological criticisms, poetry, plays
Mexican poet
Medieval Rhetoric
Margery Kempe
gave voice to the middle-class, uneducated woman
first woman to compose her life story in English
wrote about marriage, womanhood, and religion
Julian of Norwich
analyzed her audience and presented information accordingly
translated into vernacular
theological writer of the church
20th Cent. Rhetoric
Gloria Anzaldua
feminist theory
poet, professor, and essayist
19th Cent. Rhetoric
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
advocated for the legal rights of women
suffragist
abolitionist and women's right activist
Enlightenment Rhetoric
Mary Astell
Subtopic
proposed women could receive secular education
argued for women's education
writer and educator
Classic Rhetoric
Aspasia
was an inspiration to Pericles and Socrates
rhetorician and philosopher
distinguished herself in the public domain
Pythagorean Women
harmonia
equal opportunity for the sexes
moderation, social order, and harmony
Sappho
achievements were not connected to a male
Greek poet- lyrical talent
