Inventing a Voice The Rhetoric of American First Ladies of the Twentieth Century

by Wertheimer, Molly Meijer; Anderson, Karrin Vasby; Atkinson, Ann J.; Barry, Lisa R.; Blair, Diane M.; Burnette, Ann E.; Burns, Lisa M.; Carlin, Diana B.; Carver, M Heather; Edwards, Janis L.; German, Kathleen M.; Gutgold, Nichola D.; Hastings, Catherine M.

• ISBN13: 9780742529700
• ISBN10: 0742529703
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-11-20
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Inventing a Voice is a comprehensive work on the lives and communication of twentieth-century first ladies. Using a rhetorical framework, the contributors look at the speaking, writing, media coverage and interactions, and visual rhetoric of American first ladies from Ida Saxton McKinley to Laura Bush.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xi
Editor's Introduction First Ladies' Fundamental Rhetorical Choices When to Speak? What to Say? When to Remain Silent?	1	(16)
Molly Meijer Wertheimer
The First Lady
A Site of ``American Womanhood''	17	(14)
Karrin Vasby Anderson
Ida Saxton McKinley
Indomitable Spirit or Autocrat of the Sick Bed	31	(14)
Nancy L. Herron
Edith Kermit Roosevelt
First Lady, First Mommy	45	(14)
Catherine M. Hastings
Helen Herron Taft
Opportunity and Ambition	59	(20)
Beth M. Waggenspack
Ellen Axson Wilson
A Rhetorical Reassessment of a Forgotten First Lady	79	(24)
Lisa M. Burns
Edith Bolling Galt Wilson
Actions Speak Louder than Words	103	(22)
Amy R. Slagell
Susan Zaeske
Florence Kling Harding
Bridging Traditional and Modern Rhetorical Roles	125	(20)
Ann E. Burnette
Grace Goodhue Coolidge
Articulating Virtue	145	(16)
Janis L. Edwards
Lou Henry Hoover
Mining the Possibilities as Leader and First Lady	161	(20)
Ann J. Atkinson
Eleanor Roosevelt
A Rhetorical Reconstruction of First Ladydom	181	(24)
Lisa R. Barry
Bess Wallace Truman
``The Boss'' from Independence	205	(18)
M. Heather Carver
Mamie Geneva Doud Eisenhower
Reflecting the Mood of the Nation	223	(20)
Kathleen M. German
Jacqueline Kennedy
The Rhetorical Construction of Camelot	243	(30)
Elizabeth J. Natalle
Lady Bird Johnson
The Making of a Public First Lady with Private Influence	273	(24)
Diana B. Carlin
Pat Nixon
Wisdom to Know the Difference	297	(28)
Linda B. Hobgood
Betty Ford
A Certain Comfort from a Candid First Lady	325	(16)
Nichola D. Gutgold
Linda B. Hobgood
Rosalynn Carter
Crafting a Presidential Partnership Rhetorically	341	(24)
Diane M. Blair
Shawn J. Parry-Giles
Nancy Reagan
Leading Lady, Supporting Actress, or Bit Player	365	(22)
Janette Kenner Muir
Mary Mooney
Barbara Bush
Her Rhetorical Development and Appeal	387	(30)
Molly Meijer Wertheimer
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Using Her Vital Voice	417	(18)
Anne F. Mattina
Epilogue Laura Bush Using the ``Magic of Words'' to Educate and Advocate	435	(32)
Molly Meijer Wertheimer
Index	467	(16)
About the Contributors	483