1. Feminism in Composition: Inclusion, Metonymy, and Disruption Joy Ritchie and Kathleen Boardman

2. Why this essay? Historical point of reference Establishes the role of women in rhetoric and composition Will have an impact on all of us as students and writers

3. Author Info: Ritchie Assoc. Prof. of English and women’s studies, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln “Feminisms and Composition: In other words” (with Susan Jarratt) Available Means: An anthology of women’s rhetorical praxis” (with Kate Ronald

4. Author Info: Boardman Professor of Composition at Univ. Nevada, Reno Northern Nevada Writing Project Work has appeared in numerous publications

5. Article Info Published in CCC in 1999 Written after 10 years of research on conversations and collaborative research Implications of feminist theory

6. Background Definition of Feminism Belief in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes The movement organized around this belief

7. Question 1 Define: Inclusion Metonymy Disruption Trope

8. Editorial Summary “…by broadening the range of persons whose work as teachers and theorists we take seriously (inclusion), by providing a set of figures and concepts to use in thinking through the hierarchies of our field (metonymy), and by openly contesting masculinist views of writing (disruption)”

9. Inclusion What? Correcting the absence of women, Inserting women’s perspectives, Giving women equal status with men Problems? “Women’s Issues”, Attempts to include women’s have ignored minority women

10. Metonymy What? Emerging pedagogical theories, adopting feminist approaches that seemed useful, moving names of women into prominent places Problems? “midwives”, “foremothers”

11. Resources http://rc.english.purdue.edu/resources.html Comp-Pile H-Rhetor

12. Disruption What? Raise questions, critique disciplinary practices and structures, analyze “process narratives”, speak out Problems? Create anger, undermine solidarity

13. Question 2 What are the broader implications of this essay beyond what the authors discuss?

14. Final Thoughts “..when composition is reviewing its past and seeking to chart new directions…political and economic conditions will create continuing intellectual and practical “straightjackets” in composition’s next 50 years. The energy of feminists will by vital to the disruption of restrictive theory and practice.”