Literacy Heroines

Women and the Written Word

AvAlice S. Horning,Alice S. Horning

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

Del 11 i serien Studies in Composition and Rhetoric

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Beskrivning

Literacy Heroines is about twelve amazing women who lived and worked in the period 1880-1930 who used their literacy abilities to address major issues in the country in those years, including some we still face today: racism, sexism, voting rights, educational and economic inequality, health disparities and others. They used their exemplary literacy skills to teach, to bring issues to light, to right wrongs, to publish books, articles, pamphlets and other materials to reach their goals. They benefited from focused help in the form of sponsorship from others and provided sponsorship in many forms to others to foster literacy in people young and old. They stand as Literacy Heroines, working in a variety of roles, using their literacy abilities in heroic efforts to serve as respected exemplars and sponsors of literacy for others. They used their grit and willingness to stand up for their principles, took small steps, worked collaboratively, hospitably inviting people to literacy. Ultimately, it should be clear that in one way or another, the Heroines were addressing the many forms of inequality in American society; their lives and work show that literacy is thus a key tool in the struggle for social justice, then and now. Suitable for courses in the history of literacy or writing studies, history of feminism, history of education and related areas.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-06-10
Mått:150 x 225 x 0 mm
Vikt:520 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Studies in Composition and Rhetoric
Antal sidor:304
Förlag:Peter Lang Publishing Inc
ISBN:9781433162008

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Alice S. Horning is Professor Emerita of Writing & Rhetoric/Linguistics at Oakland University, where she focused on the intersection of reading and writing. Her most recent work is the co-edited Teaching Critical Reading and Writing in the Era of Fake News, published by Peter Lang (with Ellen Carillo). She is the editor of the Studies in Composition and Rhetoric book series for Peter Lang.

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“Alice Horning has produced a volume that carefully highlights the critical roles twelve American women from the late nineteenth- to mid-twentieth century played as ‘literacy heroines,’ using their exceptional reading and writing abilities to enhance the skills of their own cultural contemporaries. Horning, a specialist in literacy, reading, and writing, explains how these already accomplished women, including Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mary McLeod Bethune, Sarah Winnemucca, Jane Addams, Gertrude Buck, and Ida Wells-Barnett, drew on their literacy to develop self-improvement in others and social justice for all. These critical goals are both pertinent—and indeed urgent—today.”—Shirley Wilson Logan, Professor Emerita, University of Maryland

Innehållsförteckning

List of Illustrations – Acknowledgments – Introduction – Educators – Mary McLeod Bethune (1875–1955) and Schooling for African American Girls – Gertrude Buck (1871–1922) and Rhetorical Theory and Practice – Cora Wilson Stewart (1875–1958) and the Moonlight Schools – Sarah Winnemucca (1844–1891) and Native American Civil Rights – Activists – Jane Addams (1860–1935) and Hull-House – Mary Church Terrell (1863–1954) and the NAACP – Lillian Wald (1867–1940) and the Henry Street Settlement – Ida B. Wells-Barnett (1862–1931), Social Justice and the Antilynching Movement – Writers – Nella Larsen (1891–1964) and the Harlem Renaissance – Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin (1842–1924) and the Woman’s Era – Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1896) and Uncle Tom’s Cabin – Ida Tarbell (1857– 1944) and the Muckrakers – Lessons and Conclusions – Index.