Negotiating femininity and power in the early twentieth century west: Domestic ideology and feminine style in jeannette rankin's suffrage rhetoric

Communication Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 83-102

  Hayden, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

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EID: 84937181379     PISSN: 10510974     EISSN: 17451035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10510979909388476     Document Type: Article

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