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From megaphones to microphones : speeches of American women, 1920-1960 / Sandra J. Sarkela, Susan Mallon Ross, and Margaret A. Lowe.

Contributor(s): Publication details: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, c2003.Description: xx, 341 p. : ill. : 24 cmISBN:
  • 0275977722 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0275967883 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 815/.50809287 21
LOC classification:
  • PS663.W65 F76 2003
Contents:
PART I. WHAT NEXT? 1920-1931 : Address at "Portrait Monument" Dedication (February 15, 1921) / Jane Addams (1860-1935) -- The Black Mammy Monument (1923) ; Talk to Young Men of Howard University (March 20, 1925) ; General Federation of Women's Clubs-Early 1920s, Various Convention Speeches / Mary Church Terrell (1863-1954) -- The Conservation Department's Forestry Program (June 22, 1920) / Mrs. John P. Gooding, Chairman Forestry Division -- Home Economics Education (June 22, 1920) / Adelaide Steele Baylor -- Developing Better Understanding and Friendship between the Pan-Americans (1924) / Mrs. E. O. Leatherwood -- Report of Department of American Citizenship (1926) / Mrs. W. R. Alvord -- Speech on the Outlawry of War Delivered at the Conference on Causes and Cure of War (January 18, 1925) / Florence Ellinwood Allen (1884-1966) -- Excerpt from Miss Muskrat's Address on the North American Indian in The American Indian (February 1927) / Ruth Muskrat Bronson (ca. 1897-1982) -- What the Negro Wants Politically (1928) / Nannie Helen Burroughs (1879-1961) -- Speech before the Indian Rights Association (1928) / Gertrude Simmons Bonnin (Zitkala-Sa, Red Bird) (1876-1938) -- Woman's Importance as an Investor of Money, Time and Leisure (January 17, 1929) / Elizabeth Manroe Sippel (ca. 1870-1940) -- Pond's Radio: Mrs. J. Borden Harriman (February 2, 1931) / Florence Jaffray Harriman (1870-1967).
PART II. WHOSE NEW DEAL? 1932-1940 : Campaign Issues Challenging Political Parties, "Challenge of the Woman Voter" (April 26, 1932) / Ruth Morgan (ca. 1880-1934) -- Speech to Milk Shed Conference (1933) / Ella Reeve Bloor (1862-1951) -- Statement by the President of the Birth Control League of Massachusetts (January 1935) / Blanche Ames Ames (1878-1969) -- Social Insurance for U.S. (February 25, 1935) / Frances Perkins (1880-1965) -- Philadelphia Branch of the National Woman's Party (September 9, 1935) / Anna Kelton Wiley (1877-1964) -- What Libraries Mean to the Nation (April 1, 1936) / Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) -- Woman and the Future (January 25, 1937) / Margaret Sanger (1879-1966) -- Clarifying Our Vision with the Facts (October 31, 1937) / Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955) -- This Is My Task (March 12, 1939) / Aimee Kennedy Semple McPherson (1890-1944) -- General Federation of Women's Clubs: Lucretia Mott Amendment (ERA) (1940): For the Amendment / Mrs. Helen Robbins Bitterman ; Against the Amendment / Mrs. Laura Hughes Lunde -- Caravans of Sorrow (March 3, 1940) / Luisa Morena (1907-1992).
PART III. SPEAKING OF WAR! 1940-1945 :To the Democratic National Convention, Chicago (July 18, 1940) / Eleanor Roosevelt -- The Great Democracy of the Free (October 24, 1940) / Dorothy Thompson (1894-1961) -- The Lend-Lease Bill (February 27, 1941) / Hattie Caraway (1878-1950) -- Address to the Liberal-Socialist Alliance in New York City (December 8, 1941) / Dorothy Day (1897-1980) -- The Role of American Women in Wartime (September 24, 1942) / Clare Booth Luce (1903-1987) -- Radio Speeches (February 22, 1942) / Mary Anderson (1872-1964) -- Radio Broadcast to Nurses (July 1, 1942) / Mary Beard (1876-1946) -- Women's Role in Winning the War (August 25 and 26, 1942) / Ella Reeve Bloor -- Woman and War (1941) ; American-Soviet Friendship (December 9, 1944) / Florence Jaffray Harriman.
PART IV. IS THAT ALL THERE IS? 1945-1960 : My Democratic Credo (March 29, 1946) / Helen Gahagan Douglas (1900-1980) -- Testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on the Equal Rights Amendment (March 10, 1948) / Mary Church Terrell -- Toward Human Unity or Beyond Nationalism (Second Part) (April 7, 1948) / Emily Greene Balch (1867-1961) -- Address to Business and Professional Women's Clubs (January 3, 1949) / Margaret Chase Smith (1898-1995) -- Civil Rights and Liberties (March 4, 1949) / Maida Springer-Kemp (1910-) -- Tydings Committee Testimony (March 14, 1950) / Dorothy Kenyon (1888-1972) -- Women Share Service for Freedom (February 16, 1952) / Margaret M. Henderson (1911-) -- Freedom - Not Fear (February 1, 1954) / Justine Wise Polier (1903-1987) -- Standard Stump Speech (September 20, 1954) / Katie Louchheim (1903-1991) -- Address before the Philadelphia Fashion Group (February 7, 1955) / Dorothy Shaver (1889-1959) -- Talk at the ILGWU Convention (May 14, 1956) / Fannia Cohn (1885-1962) -- Acceptance of AAUW Achievement Award (1956) / Rachel Louise Carson (1907-1964) -- The Community and Its Children (1958) / Martha May Eliot (1891-1978) -- Being Good Neighbors - The Challenge of the Mid-Twentieth Century (February 12, 1959) / Pauli Murray (1910-1985). Epilogue. Appendix: Speeches by American Women Published in Vital Speeches of the Day, October 8, 1934 - December 31, 1959.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-334) and index.

PART I. WHAT NEXT? 1920-1931 : Address at "Portrait Monument" Dedication (February 15, 1921) / Jane Addams (1860-1935) -- The Black Mammy Monument (1923) ; Talk to Young Men of Howard University (March 20, 1925) ; General Federation of Women's Clubs-Early 1920s, Various Convention Speeches / Mary Church Terrell (1863-1954) -- The Conservation Department's Forestry Program (June 22, 1920) / Mrs. John P. Gooding, Chairman Forestry Division -- Home Economics Education (June 22, 1920) / Adelaide Steele Baylor -- Developing Better Understanding and Friendship between the Pan-Americans (1924) / Mrs. E. O. Leatherwood -- Report of Department of American Citizenship (1926) / Mrs. W. R. Alvord -- Speech on the Outlawry of War Delivered at the Conference on Causes and Cure of War (January 18, 1925) / Florence Ellinwood Allen (1884-1966) -- Excerpt from Miss Muskrat's Address on the North American Indian in The American Indian (February 1927) / Ruth Muskrat Bronson (ca. 1897-1982) -- What the Negro Wants Politically (1928) / Nannie Helen Burroughs (1879-1961) -- Speech before the Indian Rights Association (1928) / Gertrude Simmons Bonnin (Zitkala-Sa, Red Bird) (1876-1938) -- Woman's Importance as an Investor of Money, Time and Leisure (January 17, 1929) / Elizabeth Manroe Sippel (ca. 1870-1940) -- Pond's Radio: Mrs. J. Borden Harriman (February 2, 1931) / Florence Jaffray Harriman (1870-1967).

PART II. WHOSE NEW DEAL? 1932-1940 : Campaign Issues Challenging Political Parties, "Challenge of the Woman Voter" (April 26, 1932) / Ruth Morgan (ca. 1880-1934) -- Speech to Milk Shed Conference (1933) / Ella Reeve Bloor (1862-1951) -- Statement by the President of the Birth Control League of Massachusetts (January 1935) / Blanche Ames Ames (1878-1969) -- Social Insurance for U.S. (February 25, 1935) / Frances Perkins (1880-1965) -- Philadelphia Branch of the National Woman's Party (September 9, 1935) / Anna Kelton Wiley (1877-1964) -- What Libraries Mean to the Nation (April 1, 1936) / Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) -- Woman and the Future (January 25, 1937) / Margaret Sanger (1879-1966) -- Clarifying Our Vision with the Facts (October 31, 1937) / Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955) -- This Is My Task (March 12, 1939) / Aimee Kennedy Semple McPherson (1890-1944) -- General Federation of Women's Clubs: Lucretia Mott Amendment (ERA) (1940): For the Amendment / Mrs. Helen Robbins Bitterman ; Against the Amendment / Mrs. Laura Hughes Lunde -- Caravans of Sorrow (March 3, 1940) / Luisa Morena (1907-1992).

PART III. SPEAKING OF WAR! 1940-1945 :To the Democratic National Convention, Chicago (July 18, 1940) / Eleanor Roosevelt -- The Great Democracy of the Free (October 24, 1940) / Dorothy Thompson (1894-1961) -- The Lend-Lease Bill (February 27, 1941) / Hattie Caraway (1878-1950) -- Address to the Liberal-Socialist Alliance in New York City (December 8, 1941) / Dorothy Day (1897-1980) -- The Role of American Women in Wartime (September 24, 1942) / Clare Booth Luce (1903-1987) -- Radio Speeches (February 22, 1942) / Mary Anderson (1872-1964) -- Radio Broadcast to Nurses (July 1, 1942) / Mary Beard (1876-1946) -- Women's Role in Winning the War (August 25 and 26, 1942) / Ella Reeve Bloor -- Woman and War (1941) ; American-Soviet Friendship (December 9, 1944) / Florence Jaffray Harriman.

PART IV. IS THAT ALL THERE IS? 1945-1960 : My Democratic Credo (March 29, 1946) / Helen Gahagan Douglas (1900-1980) -- Testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on the Equal Rights Amendment (March 10, 1948) / Mary Church Terrell -- Toward Human Unity or Beyond Nationalism (Second Part) (April 7, 1948) / Emily Greene Balch (1867-1961) -- Address to Business and Professional Women's Clubs (January 3, 1949) / Margaret Chase Smith (1898-1995) -- Civil Rights and Liberties (March 4, 1949) / Maida Springer-Kemp (1910-) -- Tydings Committee Testimony (March 14, 1950) / Dorothy Kenyon (1888-1972) -- Women Share Service for Freedom (February 16, 1952) / Margaret M. Henderson (1911-) -- Freedom - Not Fear (February 1, 1954) / Justine Wise Polier (1903-1987) -- Standard Stump Speech (September 20, 1954) / Katie Louchheim (1903-1991) -- Address before the Philadelphia Fashion Group (February 7, 1955) / Dorothy Shaver (1889-1959) -- Talk at the ILGWU Convention (May 14, 1956) / Fannia Cohn (1885-1962) -- Acceptance of AAUW Achievement Award (1956) / Rachel Louise Carson (1907-1964) -- The Community and Its Children (1958) / Martha May Eliot (1891-1978) -- Being Good Neighbors - The Challenge of the Mid-Twentieth Century (February 12, 1959) / Pauli Murray (1910-1985). Epilogue. Appendix: Speeches by American Women Published in Vital Speeches of the Day, October 8, 1934 - December 31, 1959.

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