Date of Award
8-8-2017
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
English
First Advisor
Lynee Lewis Gaillet
Second Advisor
Elizabeth Lopez
Third Advisor
Mary Hocks
Abstract
Recovering the lost voices of marginalized groups and integrating them into history helps reshape social constructs of the past, revitalize historiographical practices, and rethink spaces of exclusivity. Using an archival methodology and a feminist rhetorical lens, this thesis recovers the history of College Temple, a nineteenth-century women’s college located in Newnan, Georgia, and the women who attended the school, examining how the local space contributes to both rhetoric and composition’s larger historical narrative and modern practices. Though in existence a mere thirty-six years (1853-1889), College Temple provided its student with several contemporary opportunities, particularly within the realm of composition, contributing to their sense of agency and ethos. Exploring this contribution demonstrates the importance of the microhistory, serving as a call to further this type of research.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/10460438
Recommended Citation
Kimbell, Emily Nicole, ""For the Elevation of Women": Recovering the Lost Voices of College Temple, 1853-1889." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2017.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/10460438