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2014 · Indianapolis

19th Century Women’s Rhetoric: Medicine, Mental Health, Theater, and Elocution

Session K.6

Area: History

RoleName as printedAffiliation as printedPaper
Chair Craig A. Meyer Ohio University, Athens → Ohio University
Speakers Paige Banaji The Ohio State University, Columbus → The Ohio State University Opening Rhetorical Possibilities for Turn-of-the-Century Women: The Elocution Teachings of Henrietta Hovey
Speakers Lisa Suter University of Tampa, FL → University of Tampa Catalogs of ‘Women Worthies’ in Nineteenth-Century Rhetorical Dramas: Women’s History and Future Bring Down the (Master’s) House
Speakers Madaline Walter Benedictine College, Atchison, KS → Benedictine College Access to the World beyond Walls: Women Writing for an Insane Asylum Newsletter
Speakers Carolyn Skinner The Ohio State University, Columbus → The Ohio State University Accessing Authoritative Rhetorical Space: The Editorial Writing of Eliza H. Root, M. D.

Source

NCTE's program, near page 252 of the file. Names link to a person page only for people listed at two or more conventions.

Cite as: Conference on College Composition and Communication. “19th Century Women’s Rhetoric: Medicine, Mental Health, Theater, and Elocution.” 2014 Convention Program, Indianapolis, session K.6. Via CCCC Program Reader, November 2, 2026.