SYG 2000 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Auguste Comte, Harriet Martineau, The Sociological Imagination
Document Summary
; major perspectives include symbolic interactionism, ethnomethodologists, dramaturgical sociologists, social constructionists and. Grace abbott- first chief of u. s. government"s children"s bureau; worked to improve life of immigrants, reform child labor laws. Harriet martineau- first female sociologist; wrote society in america ; analyzed customs and commented on family, race, gender, and politics and religion; known for translating comte"s work into english. Ida b. wells-barnett- born a slave, became a sociologist, journalist, and civil rights activist; refused to give up her seat on railroad near 100 years before rosa parks; researched lynching in. America; participated in women"s suffrage movement and established several women"s organizations and was among founding members of naacp; wrote on intersection of race, class and gender. Jane addams- another leader in women"s suffrage movement; the only sociologist to have won the nobel peace prize; studied issues related to children"s welfare, public health and world peace. Marion talbot- dean of women at university of chicago; associate director for american.
