Submitting Campus
Daytona Beach
Department
Humanities & Communication
Document Type
Article
Publication/Presentation Date
2018
Abstract/Description
Drawing on a rhetorical framework of parrhesia, this article discusses the work of nineteenth century feminist Matilda Gage, who was largely lost to history until recently when women’s studies and rhetoric scholars began to uncover her part in the woman suffrage movement. Gage considered speaking out against organized religion to be her life’s work, but little research has concerned her beyond woman suffrage activism. Through a framework of parrhesia, Gage’s forgotten anticlerical work opens new doors for understanding women rhetors and activists, as well as for research on the rhetorical practices of nonreligious individuals.
Publication Title
Peitho Journal
Publisher
Coalition of Women Scholars in the History of Rhetoric & Composition
Scholarly Commons Citation
Martin, C. (2018). Speaking, Writing, Organizing: Matilda Gage’s Parrhesiastic Acts. Peitho Journal, 20(2). Retrieved from https://commons.erau.edu/publication/2230
