Women orators: More research?

The status of research on women and communication

“…This area of research began with an overview essay on early women speakers in America, whose willingness to defy tradition by speaking in public helped establish the propriety of women in that sphere (Yoakam, 1937). Another essay that called directly for the study of women was Brake's (1967) "Women Orators: More Research?" As a follow-up.…”