The American Presidency

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 12.03.03

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Rationale
  2. Overview
  3. Objective
  4. Background Information
  5. Theodore Roosevelt
  6. Woodrow Wilson
  7. Eleanor and Franklin D. Roosevelt
  8. John F. Kennedy
  9. Richard Nixon
  10. Birth of the Women's Rights Movement
  11. Growth of Women's Rights (1920–1950)
  12. The Development of Feminism and the ERA (1920–1972)
  13. Strategies and Activities
  14. Appendices 1–5
  15. APPENDIX 6
  16. APPENDIX 7
  17. End Notes
  18. Annotated Bibliography

The Women's Movement in Presidential Rhetoric

Stefano Cadoppi

Published September 2012

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APPENDIX 7

What is the purpose of rhetoric? What would be an effective manner to convince people that marijuana should be legalized, same as alcohol? How did women change their roles in society between 1920 and 1970? What kind of rhetoric did presidents use between 1960 and 1972? Why?

United States History 11th grade California Standards

11.11 Students analyze the major social problems and domestic policy issues in contemporary American Society.

  1. Discuss the significant domestic policy speeches of Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Carter, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton.
  2. Describe the changing role of women is society as reflected in the entry of more women into the labor force and the changing family structure.

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