University of New Hampshire University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository Doctoral Dissertations Student Scholarship Spring 2021 Toward a Feminist Rhetorical Strategy of Sass: Sheila Hibben as America’s Early 20th Century Culinary Influencer Meaghan Elliott Dittrich University of New Hampshire, Durham Follow this and additional works at: https://scholars.unh.edu/dissertation Recommended Citation Dittrich, Meaghan Elliott, "Toward a Feminist Rhetorical Strategy of Sass: Sheila Hibben as America’s Early 20th Century Culinary Influencer" (2021). Doctoral Dissertations. 2566. https://scholars.unh.edu/dissertation/2566 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Scholarship at University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized administrator of University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Toward a Feminist Rhetorical Strategy of Sass: Sheila Hibben as America’s Early 20th Century Culinary Influencer By MEAGHAN ELLIOTT DITTRICH B.A. Hope College, 2001 M.F.A. University of Wyoming, 2009 M.A. University of New Hampshire, 2013 DISSERTATION Submitted to the University of New Hampshire In Partial Fulfillment of The Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in English May, 2021 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © 2021 Meaghan Elliott Dittrich ii Toward a Feminist Rhetorical Strategy of Sass: Sheila Hibben as America’s Early 20th Century Culinary Influencer by MEAGHAN ELLIOTT DITTRICH This dissertation was examined and approved in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctorate in English by: Dissertation Director, Dr. Cristy Beemer, Associate Professor of English Dr. Christina Ortmeier-Hooper, Associate Professor of English Dr.