The Rhetoric of Supreme Court Women - From Obstacles to Options

Informationen zum Autor Nichola D. Gutgold is associate professor of communication arts and sciences at Penn State Lehigh Valley. She is the author of Almost Madam President:Why  Hillary Clinton 'Won' in 2008, Seen and Heard: The Women of Television News, and co-author of Gender and the American Presidency: Nine Presidential Women and the Barriers They Faced. Klappentext From 1981 to 2010, the advancements of women in the United States can be seen in the words of the four pioneering women on the Supreme Court. The Rhetoric of Supreme Court Women: From Obstacles to Options, by Nichola D. Gutgold, explores how Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg used effective rhetoric and worked to overcome gender obstacles, while cultural changes in America provided Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan with a wider range of rhetorical options.Gutgold's exploration of these four Supreme Court women provides valuable insight into the use of political communication and the changing gender zeitgeist in American politics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword, by Larry Catá BackerChapter One. Up From Obscurity:Women and the United States Supreme CourtChapter Two. Sandra Day O'Connor: Pioneering and Pragmatic in Words and DeedsChapter Three. Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Legal Architect of the Women's MovementChapter Four. Sonia Sotomayor: Intense Intellectualism and Cultural PrideChapter Five. Elena Kagan: Fierce Intellect and Interpersonal FinesseChapter Six. Women and the Supreme Court: Moving Beyond Gender

Product details

• Authors: Nichola D. Gutgold, Gutgold Nichola D.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.06.2012
• EAN: 9780739172506
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-7250-6
• No. of pages: 166
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Miscellaneous; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, LAW / Courts, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Legislative Branch, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Women in Politics, LAW / Trial Practice, United States of America, USA, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state, Courts & procedure, Legal systems: courts and procedures, Media and Politics