Contents
List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction. (Un)Conventional Means: Recontextualizing Everyday Rhetorics of Resistance
Chapter 1. The Pen as Sword: The Townsend Letter-Writing Campaigns and the Case of Pearl Burkhalter
Chapter 2. With Pen and Prayer: The Life and Ministry of Eliza P. Gurney
Chapter 3. “The Needle as the Pen”: Recontextualizing the Discourses of Quilts and Quiltmaking
Conclusion. “What Is This Thing You Call a Pen?”: The Courage of Ordinary Americans
Notes
Bibliography
Index