First Ladies and Feminism: Laura Bush as Advocate for Women's and Children's Rights Academic Article

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. 2005 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

authors

• Dubriwny, Tasha

published proceedings

• Women's Studies in Communication

author list (cited authors)

• Dubriwny, T. N.

citation count

• 18

complete list of authors

• Dubriwny, Tasha N

publication date

• January 2005

publisher

• Taylor & Francis  Publisher

published in

• Women's Studies in Communication  Journal

keywords

• 5 Gender Equality
• Pediatric

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1080/07491409.2005.10162485

start page

• 84

end page

• 114

volume

• 28

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07491409.2005.10162485

user-defined tag

• 4 Quality Education
• 5 Gender Equality