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Webliography : Greatest American Speeches of the 20th Century: Speaker Name
Index: Women
Busse Library provides this website as a resource
for students and faculty seeking the locations of famous American speeches given
by women. The Women's Speaker-Name Index offers the
ranked results of the project with links from names to a list that displays full
website and print resources.
This project is based upon the
"Top 100
American Speeches of the 20th Century," a project of the communications
departments of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Texas A&M University.
A full ranking of all the speeches and their texts can be found as the
"Top 100
Speeches" at AmericanRhetoric.com
Select a female speaker of interest from the list below or browse to view all
listings.
Women Speakers: Name, Rank, and Speech Titles
- Bush, Barbara.
(#47) Commencement Address at Wellesley College. ("Choices and Change")
- Catt, Carrie Chapman. (#68) "The Crisis" and
(#75) "Address to the United
States Congress."
- Chisholm, Shirley. (#93) "For the Equal Rights
Amendment."
- Clinton, Hillary Rodham.
(#35) Address to the U.N.
Fourth World Conference on Women. ("Women's Rights are Humans Rights")
- Eastman, Crystal. (#85) "Now We Can Begin."
- Ferraro, Geraldine. (#58) Speech Accepting the
Democratic Vice-Presidential Nomination.
- Fisher, Mary.
(#52) Speech to the RNC ("A Whisper of AIDS").
- Flynn, Elizabeth Gurley.
(#89) Statement at the
Smith Act Trial.
- Glaser, Elizabeth.
(#81) Speech at the 1992
DNC ("AIDS: A Personal Story").
- Goldman, Emma.
(#67) Address to the Jury.
- Hill, Anita.
(#71) Statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
- Jordan, Barbara. (#5) Keynote Speech to 1976
DNC. and (#13)
Statement on the Articles of Impeachment.
- Le Guin, Ursula.
(#84) "A Left-Handed Commencement Address."
- Richards, Ann.
(#38) Keynote Speech to the 1988 DNC.
- Roosevelt, Eleanor. (#57) "The Struggle for
Human Rights." and
(#100) "Adoption of the Declaration of Human Rights."
- Sanger, Margaret. (#46) "A Moral Necessity for
Birth Control." and
(#83) The Children's Era.
- Shaw, Anna Howard. (#27) "Fundamental Principle
of a Republic."
- Smith, Margaret Chase. (#41) "Declaration of
Conscience."
- Terrell, Mary Church. (#44) "What it Means to be
Colored in the Capital of the United States."
The Speaker Index: Women
Rank: 13 Jordan, Barbara. Statement on the Articles
of Impeachment. 25 July 1974. San Francisco, California. [Also known as the
"Opening Statement to the House Judiciary Committee, Proceedings on the
Impeachment of Richard Nixon."]
Full text of
Jordan's speech in the feminist oral history website "Gifts of Speech" from
Sweet Briar College.
AUDIO/VIDEO:
Entire audio content available at AmericanRhetoric.com.
PHOTOGRAPH:
July 1974 Jordan photo from Smithsonian Archives' online exhibit "The
Congressional Hearings: The Senate Watergate Hearings."
Rank: 27 Shaw, Anna Howard. "The Fundamental Principle
of a Republic." 21 June 1915. Ogdensburg, New York.
Full content of
Shaw's address at the "Gifts of Speech" feminist history website from Sweet
Briar College.
AUDIO/VIDEO:No audio available.
PHOTOGRAPH:Photograph of the
suffragist and educator at the Anna Howard Shaw Center, Boston University
School of Theology.
Rank: 35 Clinton, Hillary Rodham. Address to the U.N.
Fourth World Conference on Women . 5 September 1995. Beijing, China. [Also known
as "Women's Rights are Humans Rights"]
Full
content of Clinton's address to the 1995 conference on women.
AUDIO/VIDEO:No audio available.
PHOTOGRAPH:Photographic still
from Clinton's address provided by the U.N. Conference on Women website.
Rank: 38 Richards, Ann. Keynote Speech to the
Democratic National Convention. 18 July 1988. Atlanta, Georgia.
Full content of
Richards' speech at "Gifts of Speech," a feminist history website, from
Sweet Briar College.
AUDIO/VIDEO: Complete
audio coverage of Richards' DNC speech at AmericanRhetoric.com.
PHOTOGRAPH: Photograph
of Ann Richards (at her inauguration) from the State Library of Texas.
Rank: 41 Smith, Margaret Chase. "Declaration of
Conscience." 1 June 1950. Washington, D.C.
Full content of Smith's speech available through U.S. Senate's website,
history division.
AUDIO/VIDEO:
Audio
excerpt of speech provided by the History Channel.
PHOTOGRAPH:
Photograph of Smith provided by the U.S. Senate's website, history division.
Rank: 44 Terrell, Mary Church. "What it Means to Be
Colored in the Capital of the United States." 10 October 1906. Washington, D.C.
Complete text of Terrell's speech at AmericanRhetoric.com
AUDIO/VIDEO: No audio available.
PHOTOGRAPH:
Photograph of Terrell provided by America's Library.
Rank: 46 Sanger, Margaret. "A Moral Necessity for
Birth Control." 1921-22. Delivered several times for the American Birth Control
League.
Widely delivered version of Sanger's controversial speech at
AmericanRhetoric.com.
AUDIO/VIDEO: No audio available.
PHOTOGRAPH: Photograph
of Sanger available at the Margaret Sanger Papers Project, NYU.
Rank: 47 Bush, Barbara. Commencement Speech at
Wellesley College. 1 June 1990. Wellesley, Massachusetts. [Also known as
"Choices and Change"]
Complete text of
Bush's address at Gifts of Speech, a feminist oral history project of Sweet
Briar College.
AUDIO/VIDEO:
Full
audio of Bush's address at the Bush Presidential Library.
PHOTOGRAPH:
Photo of Barbara Bush at Wellesley available at the Bush Presidential
Library.
Rank: 52 Fisher, Mary. Speech to the Republican
National Convention. 19 August 1992. Houston, Texas. [Also known as "A Whisper
of AIDS"]
Full content of
Fisher's landmark AIDS address at Gifts of Speech, sponsored by Sweet Briar
College.
AUDIO/VIDEO: No audio available.
PHOTOGRAPH:
Portrait of Mary Fisher, activist and member of the Harvard AIDS Institute.
Rank: 57 Roosevelt, Eleanor. "The Struggle for
Human Rights." 28 September 1948. Paris, France.
Full content of Roosevelt's speech in honor of the UN's "Universal
Declaration of Human Rights" at the Social Justice Speeches Project.
AUDIO/VIDEO: No audio available.
PHOTOGRAPH:
Roosevelt biography
and photograph with UN declaration.
Rank: 58 Ferraro, Geraldine. Speech Accepting the
Democratic Vice-Presidential Nomination. 19 July 1984. San Francisco,
California.
Complete text
of Ferraro's acceptance speech at Gifts of Speech, a feminist oral history
project from Sweet Briar College.
AUDIO/VIDEO:
Full
audio of Ferraro's address at the History Channel.
PHOTOGRAPH:
Image
of Ferraro and Walter Mondale on the 1984 campaign trail. Image from the
Minnesota State Historical Society.
Rank: 67 Goldman, Emma. Address to the Jury. 9 July
1917. New York, New York.
Complete text of Goldman's defense in her anti-conscription trial found at
the Emma Goldman Papers Project, UC Berkeley.
AUDIO/VIDEO: No audio available.
PHOTOGRAPH:
Photograph and detailed biography offered with "Emma Goldman" episode of
PBS's "The American Experience."
Rank: 68 Catt, Carrie Chapman. "The Crisis." 7
September 1916. Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Entire content of Catt's speech available from the Social Justice Speeches
Project.
AUDIO/VIDEO: No audio available.
PHOTOGRAPH:
Photograph and biography contained in the "Votes for Women" exhibit at the
Library of Congress. Photo also available
from the Iowa State
University Alumni Association.
Rank: 71 Hill, Anita. Statement to the Senate
Judiciary Committee. 11 October 1991. Washington, D.C.
Excerpt of Hill testimony and Thomas's prepared statement provided by the
University of Maryland.
AUDIO/VIDEO:
Audio
excerpt of testimony offered by the History Channel.
PHOTOGRAPH:
Image of Hill testifying at Thomas hearings provided by PBS's NewsHour
series, "Double Standard" feature (March 18, 1998).
Rank: 75 Catt, Carrie Chapman. "Address to the United
States Congress." November 1917. Washington, D.C.
Full text of Catt's speech provided by the women's history division of
About.com.
AUDIO/VIDEO: No audio available.
PHOTOGRAPH: Images and
biography of Catt offered by her childhood home's foundation in Charles
City, Iowa.
Rank: 81 Glaser, Elizabeth. Speech at the Democratic
National Convention. 14 July 1992. New York, New York. [Also known as"AIDS: A
Personal Story."]
Complete text of
Glaser's emotional address at AmericanRhetoric.com.
AUDIO/VIDEO: No audio available.
PHOTOGRAPH:
Photograph of Glaser, founder of the Elisabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids
Foundation.
Rank: 83 Sanger, Margaret. The Children's Era. March
1925. New York, New York.
Entire content of Sanger's speech at the Social Justice Speeches Project.
AUDIO/VIDEO: No audio available.
PHOTOGRAPH: Several
images of Sanger at the Margaret Sanger Papers Project, NYU.
Rank: 84 Le Guin, Ursula. "A Left-Handed Commencement
Address." 22 May 1983. Oakland, California.
Full text of
graduation speech at Gifts of Speech, Sweet Briar College.
AUDIO/VIDEO: No audio available.
PHOTOGRAPH: Photographs and
biography of LeGuin at her official website.
Rank: 85 Eastman, Crystal. "Now We Can Begin."
September-October 1920. New York, New York.
Total speech content found through Women's History division of About.com.
AUDIO/VIDEO: No audio available.
PHOTOGRAPH:
Photograph of Eastman from the library archives, University of Wisconsin.
Rank: 89 Flynn, Elizabeth Gurley. Statement at the
Smith Act Trial. 2 February 1953. New York, New York.
Full
content of Flynn's defense speech at AmericanRhetoric.com.
AUDIO/VIDEO: No audio available.
PHOTOGRAPH:
Biography and photos of Flynn from the PBS series "Faces of Protest."
Rank: 93 Chisholm, Shirley. "For the Equal Rights
Amendment." 10 August 1970. Washington, D.C.
Full content
of Chisholm's address from Gifts of Speech, Sweet Briar College.
AUDIO/VIDEO: No audio available.
PHOTOGRAPH:
Photographs and biography provided by PBS resource, "African American
World."
Rank: 100 Roosevelt, Eleanor. "Adoption of the
Declaration of Human Rights." 9 December 1948. Paris, France.
Full UN address coverage from the Social Justice Speeches Project.
AUDIO/VIDEO:
Short audio excerpt from Roosevelt's speech at AmericanRhetoric.com.
PHOTOGRAPH: Image
of Roosevelt holding copy of declaration provided by United Nations website.
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