A Burkeian Analysis of the Rhetoric of Gloria Steinem Page: 80
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Context of Circumstances--Women's Liberation
In Sisterhood Is Powerful: An Anthology of Writings
from the Women's Liberation Movement, editor Robin Morgan
included a statement concerning where the movement exists
and how it could be defined:
You women~are women's liberation. This is not
a movement one "joins." There are no rigid
structures or membership cards. The Women's
Liberation Movement exists where three or four
friends or neighbors decide to meet regularly
over coffee and talk about their personal lives.
It also exists in the cells of women's jails, on
the welfare lines, in the supermarket, the fac-
tory, the convent, the farm, the maternity ward,
the street corner, the old ladies' homes, the
kitchen, the stenopool, the bed. It exists in
your mind, and in the political and personal insights
that you can contribute to change and shape and
help its growth. It is frightening. It is very
exhilarating. It is creating history, or rather,
herstory.10
It is within these varied environments that women seek to
change the social structure which they believe oppresses
them. There exists many areas concerning Women's Libera-
tion which should be discussed before examining the exact
context of circumstances surrounding Steinem's speech at
Southern Methodist University on February 3, 1972; the
publication of Ms. magazine in the spring of 1972; and
Steinem's speech at the National Women's Political Caucus
on February 9, 1973.
The Women's Liberation Movement did not emerge with-
out warning in American society. The movement began a
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Timmerman, Susan McCue. A Burkeian Analysis of the Rhetoric of Gloria Steinem, thesis, August 1973; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc935569/m1/86/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .