Schedule of Assigments |
| Week 1, January 9 |
First day of class.
Welcome and introductions.
History of the movement through the Civil War.
What is rhetoric? Rhetorical theory, criticism, history, and production.
Course information, schedule of assignments.
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Declaration of Independence and "Declaration of Sentiments."
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| Week 2, January 16 |
More rhetorical theory.
Indian Removal and Antislavery.
• Flexner and Fitzpatrick, pages 3-56.
• Beecher, 1829 (on CTools).
• Indian Removal petitions, 1829-1832 (on CTools).
• Stewart, 1832 (Campbell, pages 1-10).
• Grimké, 1836 (on CTools).
• Pastoral Letter (on CTools).
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| Week 3, January 23 |
In-Class Exercises #1.
• Beecher-Grimké debate, 1836-37 (selections on CTools).
• Grimké Weld, 1838 (Campbell, pages 25-32).
• Antislavery petitions, 1832-1840 (on CTools). |
| Week 4, January 30 |
Writing rhetorical criticism.
The Woman’s Rights Movement.
• Flexner and Fitzpatrick, pages 57-95.
• BlueStream: "1848 Seneca Falls," "Sufferin' Til Suffrage," and "I'm Just a Bill."
• "Introduction" (Campbell, pages ix-xxviii).
• Stanton, 1848 (Campbell, pages 41-70).
• Mott, 1849 (Campbell, pages 71-97). |
| Week 5, February 6 |
More history of the movement.
Writing rhetorical criticism.
• Truth, 1851 (Logan, pages 17-27).
• Rose, 1851 (Campbell, pages 103-122).
• Nichols, 1851 (Campbell, pages 123-144). |
| Week 6, February 13 |
In-Class Exercises #2.
Ideologies and rhetorical strategies of the movement.
• BlueStream: "The Early Days."
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Convention Debate, 1860 (Campbell, pages 187-234; note typographical error in Rose, pp. 219-20).
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| Week 7, February 20 |
Paper #1 due.
• Stanton, 1854 (Campbell, pages 145-66).
• Stanton, 1860 (Campbell, pages 167-86).
• Stanton, 1861 (Campbell, pages 235-50 [corrected pages]). |
| February 27 |
Spring Break: No Class. |
| Week 8, March 5 |
• BlueStream: "The Challenge," "Woman's Suffrage in the West in the 1890s," and "Hidden Enemy."
• Flexner and Fitzpatrick, pages 99-125 and 136-70.
• Truth, 1867 (Campbell, pages 251-257 and Logan, pages 28-29).
• Anthony, 1872-73 (Campbell, pages 279-316).
• McKay, 1870 (on CTools). |
| Week 9, March 12 |
In-Class Exercises #3.
• Flexner and Fitzpatrick, pages 171-184 and 208-217.
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BlueStream: "Ties that Bind," "I'd Rather Be the Sun," "Atalanta."
• Willard, 1890 (Campbell, pages 317-338).
• Gage, 1890 (Campbell, pages 339-70).
• Stanton, 1892 (Campbell, pages 371-384).
• Harper, 1893 (Logan, pages 30-35 and 43-46).
Last day to request approval for Website or BlueStream assignment (sooner is better).
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| Week 10, March 19 |
• BlueStream: "Sisters and Strangers."
• Harper, 1891 (Logan, pages 36-42).
• Terrell, 1893 (Campbell, pages 386-389).
• Wells, 1893 (Logan, pages 75-99).
• Williams, 1893 (Logan, pages 100-119).
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| Week 11, March 26 |
• Matthews, 1895 (Logan, pages 120-48).
• Matthews, 1897 (Logan, pages 149-155).
• Terrell, 1898 (on CTools).
• Terrell, 1906 (Campbell, 421-432). |
| Week 12, April 2 |
In-Class Exercises #4.
• Flexner and Fitzpatrick, pages 221-317.
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BlueStream: "Woman's Suffrage in the West in the 1890s" (review), "Hidden Enemy" (review), "New Woman," and "Hard Times."
• Catt, 1902 (Campbell, pages 461-482).
• Cleveland, 1905 (on CTools).
• Women’s letters and petitions against suffrage, 1910s (on CTools).
• Shaw, 1915 (Campbell, pages 433-460). |
| Week 13, April 9 |
Last day of class.
Last day to submit Website or BlueStream assignment.
Paper #2 due.
• BlueStream: "We Demand," "We Have Power," "Winning Plan," "Turning the Tide," "Fight to the Finish."
• Catt, 1917 (Campbell, pages 503-532).
Course evaluations.
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