This A-to-Z compendium explores more than 150 American women
activists from colonial times to the present, examining their
backgrounds and the focus of their activism, and provides examples
of their speeches. Throughout history, American women's oratory has
crusaded for religious rights, abolitionism, and peace, as well as
for Zionism, immigration, and immunization. This text examines more
than 150 influential American women activists and their speeches on
vital issues. Each entry outlines the speaker's motivation and
provides examples of their speeches in context, supplying
information about the setting, audience, reception, and lasting
historical significance. This collection of women's speeches
emphasizes primary sources that underscore the goals of the Common
Core Standards. Entries support classroom discussion on a range of
topics, from women's suffrage and birth control to civil rights and
20th- and 21st-century labor law. No other reference work compiles
examples of female activism and oration across a 400-year span of
history along with analysis of the speaker's intent, forum,
listeners, and public and media response. Covers issues from 1637
to 2015, representing minority perspectives and speeches Surveys
oration as a means of enlightening the public on the needs of the
poor, disenfranchised, undereducated, and underemployed females
Introduces less familiar activists, such as Samantha Power and
Ai-jen Poo Includes illustrations; a timeline; an appendix of
significant speeches identified by title, date, setting, and topic;
and a bibliography of primary and secondary sources
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