Ms. America

In the article “It’s Ms. America to You” by Barbara Kantrowitz, Kantrowitz writes an informative and enlightening piece about the events leading up to the women’s sexual revolution of the late 60’s and 70’s. After reading this article, readers can use Kinneavy’s triangle to discover what exactly is the aim of the piece as well as who is really the intended audience.

Using Kinneavy’s triangle of the basic purpose of composition, readers can find that Kantrowitz’s article can fall into a few genres. There are elements of literary short stories, as well expressive social minority protests.
Kantrowitz uses the backdrop of the 1968 Miss America Pageant to refer reader to where and when the revolution was taking place. There are stories of protest and women’s issues, but stories are not the main aim of the piece.

Although this article can fall into a few categories and genres, the article can be best described as referential informative. The stories are only to provide context to backup what is to inform. Looking at the triangle this is exactly where readers would expect to find a news article from a magazine like Newsweek.

The purpose of this article was to inform readers, Newsweek is written for a general audience. Although this article is written about women’s rights and women’s issues in the 60’s the audience is not alienated to just women.