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Record Nr.

UNINA9910793654303321

Autore

Maddux Kristy

Titolo

Practicing citizenship : women's rhetoric at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair / / Kristy Maddux

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2019]

©2019

ISBN

0-271-08443-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 240 pages)

Collana

Rhetoric and democratic deliberation ; ; Volume 20

Disciplina

320.0820973

Soggetti

Women's rights - United States - History - 19th century

Women - Political activity - United States

Women - Suffrage - United States - History - 19th century

Citizenship - United States - History - 19th century

Deliberative democracy - United States - History - 19th century

Rhetoric - United States - History - 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Projecting women at the World's Columbian Exposition -- Deliberative democracy -- Racial uplift -- Organized womanhood -- Economic participation.

Sommario/riassunto

"Explores women's conceptions of citizenship as articulated in their speeches at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Illustrates how, in addition to working for their own enfranchisement, women also modeled practices of democratic citizenship beyond the ballot"--Provided by publisher.