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Forging bonds of unity and sympathy among women: A cultural-rhetorical analysis of the "Progressive Woman," 1907-1914
Abstract
This dissertation provides a cultural-rhetorical analysis of the Progressive Woman. Published from 1907 to 1914 by Josephine Conger-Kaneko, the Progressive Woman provides a record of the thoughts and experiences of a group of midwestern socialist women as they struggled to change the role of women in American society. The rhetorical focus, concentrating on the language Josephine Conger-Kaneko and her contemporaries used to describe and shape their experience, supplements existing historical research on socialist women and their activities. Four different dimensions of the Progressive Woman are examined. First, the journal was an important source of information about the women in the Socialist Party. Second, the journal educated women into mainstream socialist thought. Third, as a persuasive document the journal attempted to convert those still outside of the Socialist Party. For socialist women, the Progressive Woman helped to reinforce socialist values and views by providing women with the appropriate language to talk about issues, as well as the proper arguments to use to counter those lodged against them by anti-socialists. Finally, the journal promoted and fostered a sense of identity and community among socialist women.
Subject Area
Communication|Womens studies|Journalism
Recommended Citation
Japp, Debra K, "Forging bonds of unity and sympathy among women: A cultural-rhetorical analysis of the "Progressive Woman," 1907-1914" (1989). ETD collection for University of Nebraska-Lincoln. AAI9019574.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI9019574