@article{Hoermann_2015, title={Speaking without Words: Silence and Epistolary Rhetoric of Catholic Women Eduacators on the Antebellum Frontier, 1828-1834}, volume={9}, url={https://youngscholarsinwriting.org/index.php/ysiw/article/view/125}, abstractNote={Silence has long been discounted as unrhetorical, but this article explores emerging theory on silence, especially religious women’s silence, that suggests otherwise. The silence of two Catholic nuns on the American frontier is examined alongside epistolary responses to confrontations with Protestant politicians.}, journal={Young Scholars in Writing}, author={Hoermann, Jackie}, year={2015}, month={Sep.}, pages={19-30} }