Genre work: Expertise and advocacy in the early bulletins of the U.S. Women’s Bureau

Rhetoric Society Quarterly

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-32

  Sharer, Wendy B ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0242449997     PISSN: 02773945     EISSN: 1930322X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02773940309391244     Document Type: Article

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