“Upon You They Depend for the Light of Knowledge”: Women and Children in the Rhetoric of Mary Church Terrell

Rhetoric Review Oct 2018

“Upon You They Depend for the Light of Knowledge”: Women and Children in the Rhetoric of Mary Church Terrell

Londie T. Martin University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Abstract

In her position as both teacher and administrator in the late nineteenth century, Mary Church Terrell navigated the racism and sexism of an increasingly bureaucratic educational landscape to emerge as a powerful, activist voice for children. Through a closer look at the strategies she and others used to advocate for social uplift via children and the home, we can continue to uncover the uneven rhetorical terrain black women navigated as they advocated for youth within an environment that constructed black children as outside of normative conceptions of childhood.

Journal: Rhetoric Review
Published: 2018-10-02
DOI: 10.1080/07350198.2018.1497885
Open Access: Closed
Topics: multilingual writers

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