It is the table of contents of Available Means: An Anthology of Women's Rhetoric(s), edited by Joy Ritchie and Kate Ronald and published by University of Pittsburgh Press (2001).
(c. 469 – c. 406 BCE) Aspasia was the mistress of the statesman Pericles, and after he divorced his wife (this may or may not be true) they lived together as if they were married.
[1] Socrates references Diotima in Plato's Symposium, as a seer or priestess who taught him "the philosophy of eros" when he was young.
(c. 1373–after 1438) Margery Kempe's book, possibly the first autobiography in English, gives readers a glimpse of a woman's life in the Middle Ages.
Her belief in education brought her to teach her personal slave how to read, contrary to the laws of the time.
(c. 1797–1883) A slave and then a domestic servant, Sojourner Truth was a noted activist in regard to abolition and women's rights.
Anthony traveled extensively with Elizabeth Cady Stanton promoting women's rights and equality.
(c. 1841–1891) Sarah Winnemucca was a Paiute who wrote an autobiographical account of her people's early experiences with white settlers and the government.
(1860–1935) Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a prominent American short story writer, novelist, lecturer, and feminist activist.
She wrote the short story "The Yellow Wallpaper", which addresses mental illness in women and its treatment.
After receiving her doctorate, Buck went on to teach English and Rhetoric at Vassar College in New York for about 25 years.
[5] Buck and Wylie took to relevant issues of the community with their membership in the Equal Suffrage League of Poughkeepsie and at the Women's City and County Club.
Buck's writings developed around the idea of incorporating individuals with the social community in pursuit of truth.
As a professor, she was known to encourage honesty and freedom of expression and motivated student self-criticism without loss of self-confidence.
(1908–1986) Simone de Beauvoir was a French philosopher, novelist, and essayist who was educated first in a Catholic girls' school, and then studied philosophy at the Sorbonne.
[9] (1907–1964) Rachel Carson was a zoologist and marine biologist who was prominent in the global environmental movement and is credited with helping change the pesticide policy in the United States.
(1921–2006) With the publication of The Feminine Mystique that defined "the problem that has no name" for generations of women, Betty Friedan became a leading force in second wave feminism.
(May 16, 1929 – March 27, 2012) Adrienne Rich was an American feminist, poet, teacher, and writer who has been given awards, and turned some of them down.
(born June 5, 1937) Hélène Cixous is a professor, feminist writer, poet, playwright, philosopher, and rhetorician.
(1934–1992) Audre Lorde was a poet and activist involved in the civil rights, antiwar, and feminist movements.
(born February 9, 1944) Alice Walker, an African-American author and feminist, wrote the novel The Color Purple.
She is well known as an outspoken individual regarding women's rights, race, sexuality, and the importance of culture.
(born in 1939) Paula Gunn Allen is a Native American poet, literary critic, activist and novelist.
(1942–2004) Gloria Anzaldúa was a feminist and lesbian who was also writer, poet, scholar and activist who focuses on issues of race in both her writing and studies.
She was born to Jamaican immigrants, and after her family moved to Brooklyn, New York, US, she was the only black student attending her high school.
She studied music and literature at the University of Illinois, where she received her Master of Fine Arts and PhD degrees.
Cheryl Glenn is a Distinguished Professor of English and Women’s Studies at Pennsylvania State University.
Marginalized groups have been excluded from traditional practices, which has led to the creation of rhetorical feminism.
Glen writes, “Anchored in (1) hope, rhetorical feminism offers ways to (2) disidentify with hegemonic rhetoric; (3) be responsible to marginalized people even if we ourselves are marginalized; (4) establish dialogue and collaboration; (5) emphasize understanding; (6) accept vernaculars, emotions, and personal experiences; and (7) use and respect alternative rhetorical practices.” She includes excerpts from theorists and “disidentifying women” such as Gearheart and bell hooks.
Glenn notes that understanding, listening (especially to and from marginalized groups), and creating space for conversation and collaboration are important rhetorical feminism practices.