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Navigating Boundaries The Rhetoric of Women Governors

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Brenda DeVore Marshall, ed., Molly A. Mayhead, ed.

ISBN: 0-275-96778-6

ISBN-13: 978-0-275-96778-9

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176 pages

Praeger Publishers

Publication: 6/30/2000

List Price: $110.95 (UK Sterling Price: £76.95)

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Media Type: Hardcover

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Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Series Title: Praeger Studies in Political Communication

Description: Marshall, Mayhead, and their contributors explore the discourse women use to negotiate political boundaries. The analysis, based on the study of five governors—Nellie Tayloe Ross, Martha Layne Collins, Ann Richards, Barbara Roberts, and Christine Todd Whitman—illustrates that women bring issues of caring, empowerment, family, and inclusivity to the office. These issues contrast sharply with traditional male-centered ideologies and give renewed vigor to a revised moral point of view in contemporary politics.

The essays also demonstrate that women governors must still work within the traditional societal constructs for women. Yet, at the same time, they need to create new paradigms that redefine women's roles and exemplify that woman's place is in the private sphere and the public political arena. The work examines the common obstacles these women faced despite differences in era, political affiliation, geographic location, and ideologies. Simply by being elected, each woman operated within a public/private sphere duality she struggled to overcome. Each woman recognized that she needed to craft appropriate rhetorical strategies to succeed in office while not abandoning the unique values and perspectives she brought to the statehouse. The essays contend that women serving in the governorship resculpt the face of the office, restructure the political landscape, and redefine women's roles. The volume will be of particular value to students and scholars dealing with issues of public address and rhetorical criticism, women's communication, political communication, and women in politics.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
The Changing Face of the Governorship
Marginalizing Metaphors of the Feminine
Portrait of a "Governor Lady": An Examination of Nellie Tayloe Ross's Autobiographical Political Advocacy
"For Kentucky": The Shared Vision of Governor Martha Layne Collins
The Fusion of Populist and Feminine Styles in the Rhetoric of Ann Richards
Re-visioning and Re-framing Political Boundaries: Barbara Roberts' Response to Oregon's Budget Crisis
Christine Todd Whitman and the Ideology of the New Jersey Governorship
Conclusion
Works Cited
Index

About the Author: BRENDA DeVORE MARSHALL is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Theatre and Communications Arts at Linfield College./e Her research interests include women's rhetoric, gendered communication, feminist theory, and intercultural communication.

MOLLY A. MAYHEAD is Professor of Speech Communication at Western Oregon University. Her research interests include Supreme Court rhetoric, First Amendment issues, and women's rhetoric.

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