SOCI 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: American Sociological Association, Nobel Peace Prize, The Philadelphia Negro

• School: Texas A&M University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 205
• Professor: Marissa R Cisneros

Document Summary

Jane addams: a member of the american sociological society since its founding in 1905. A co- recipient of the nobel prize for peace. A leader in the women"s rights as well as the peace movement of world war i. Addams wrote her lectures and where sociology was founded in america; hull house was located in a place of impoverishment (slums of chicago). Women of the hull house taught demographics, a way to study the patterns of people (social location, zip codes, regions) to professors and students at the chicago school. Main reason why she received nobel peace prize for public service: hull house. Marianne weber: wife to max weber and often wrote in his name. Leading figure in the german feminist movement, the first woman to be elected to a german parliament, and the author of nine books of social analysis and sociology, including marriage, motherhood, and the law (1907). Max weber: one of the most influential of all sociologists.