Horning Literacy Heroines

Women and the Written Word
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-4331-6202-2
Verlag: Peter Lang Publishing Inc. New York
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 316 Seiten

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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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Horning, Alice S.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

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.