Empowerment Despite Resignation: Communication Styles of Women Political Leaders Who Left Politics

• In Event: Gender and Political Leadership

Brief Overview

Using empowerment framework with rhetorical theory, this research examines communication styles of Ardern, Sturgeon, and Marin and how they framed their resignations in a context of self-empowerment, self-preservation, and political accomplishments.

Author

• Julia A. Spiker, University of Akron Main Campus