Lexington Books
Pages: 244
Trim: 6¼ x 9
978-1-7936-0585-6 • Hardback • November 2021 • $117.00 • (£90.00)
978-1-7936-0586-3 • eBook • November 2021 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
Tiffany D. Kinneyis assistant professor of English in the Languages, Literature, and Mass Communication Department at Colorado Mesa University.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Archiving the Apocrypha: Feminism, Legitimacy, Religion
Chapter 2: Continuum of Legitimacy
Chapter 3: Literacy through Arrangement and Social Circulation: E.B. Wells
Chapter 4: Rhetorically Distilling the Memory of a Saint: Fawn McKay Brodie
Chapter 5: A System Splitting Dream: Sonia Johnson and Radical Feminist Invention
Chapter 6: Delivering Legitimacy: Kate Kelly and the Founding of Ordain Women
Chapter 7: Conclusion: Implications for Marginalized Groups Working towards Legitimacy
Appendix: Supplemental Reading
"Dr. Tiffany Kinney's study offers a clear and instructive account of the outstanding archival work she did to bring Utah's Mormon feminists into the spotlight. She attends closely and with nuance to the complex contextual factors that made it difficult for Utah women in the 19th and 20th centuries to advocate for women's rights in big, explicit ways and in ways far more subtle. Her research will be of special interest to scholars of feminist rhetoric, rhetorical historians, and public address researchers."
— Robin Jensen, University of Utah
"Legitimization of Mormon Feminist Rhetors introduces four pioneering women in the Mormon Church and their rhetorical efforts to gain greater authority for women in their faith community. Drawing on an array of genres spanning almost two hundred years, Kinney astutely expands notions of feminism and our understanding of how marginalized groups seek legitimacy within powerful institutions."
— Lisa Shaver, Baylor University