Women in Rhetoric

Classic Rhetoric

Sappho

Greek poet- lyrical talent

achievements were not connected to a male

Pythagorean Women

moderation, social order, and harmony

equal opportunity for the sexes

harmonia

Aspasia

distinguished herself in the public domain

rhetorician and philosopher

was an inspiration to Pericles and Socrates

Enlightenment Rhetoric

Mary Astell

writer and educator

argued for women's education

proposed women could receive secular education

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19th Cent. Rhetoric

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

abolitionist and women's right activist

suffragist

advocated for the legal rights of women

20th Cent. Rhetoric

Gloria Anzaldua

poet, professor, and essayist

feminist theory

Medieval Rhetoric

Julian of Norwich

theological writer of the church

translated into vernacular

analyzed her audience and presented information accordingly

Margery Kempe

wrote about marriage, womanhood, and religion

first woman to compose her life story in English

gave voice to the middle-class, uneducated woman

Renaissance Rhetoric

Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz

Mexican poet

wrote theological criticisms, poetry, plays

Margaret More Roper

translated Erasmus' "Devout Treatise upon the Pater Noster"

limited her writings to translations, letters, private devotions,
and diaries

one of the finest Renaissance scholars

moral code, worked within power structure, personal experiences, and transcendent truth

heavily religious, very moral, heavy in vernacular, and canons were reversed

abundant style, less emphasis on religion, humanism

focuses on plain language, pronunciation, mental capacities of humans, and abundant style

focuses on activism, emphasis on universal rights, and emphasis on orator

focuses on: intersectionality, formalism, fragmented identities, and rhetoric as interdisciplinary study