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- Title
First Ladies and Feminism: Laura Bush as Advocate for Women's and Children's Rights.
- Authors
Dubriwny, Tasha N.
- Abstract
This essay focuses on the strategic use of feminist discourse in Laura Bush's six speeches between November 17, 2001 and May 21, 2002 about the rights of women and children in Afghanistan. I propose that Bush's use of the ideographs (women and children) and (rights) draws upon two traditions of feminism, using liberal feminist ideals of women's rights to education, health, and independence in concert with a traditional understanding of womanhood associated with maternal feminism.
- Subjects
FEMINISTS; FEMINISM; BUSH, Laura, 1946-; WOMEN'S rights; FIRST ladies of the United States; CHILDREN'S rights
- Publication
Women's Studies in Communication, 2005, Vol 28, Issue 1, p84
- ISSN
0749-1409
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1080/07491409.2005.10162485