Sociological Review

SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW

1.) JANE ADDAMS (1860 - 1935)

-In 1889, Jane Addams founded and managed a settlement house called the Hull house in Chicago.

-Wrote the following books: Newer Ideals of Peace, Peace and Bread in Time of War, Twenty Years at Hull House, The Spirit of Youth and City Streets, A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil, Democracy and Social Ethics, The Long Road of Women’s Memory.

-Was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931 for her efforts.

2.) W.E.B. DuBois

-DuBois was the most prominent intellectual leader and political activist on behalf of African Americans in the first half of the twentieth century.

-In 1905, Du Bois helped to found the Niagara Movement. The Movement championed, among other things, freedom of speech and criticism, the recognition of the highest and best human training as the monopoly of no caste or race, full male suffrage, a belief in the dignity of labor, and a united effort to realize such ideals under sound leadership.

-DuBois helped found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909.

-Du Bois wrote and published over 4,000 articles, essays and books over the course of the 95-year life.

3.) C. WRIGHT MILLS (1916 - 1962)

-Made famous the term sociological imagination.

-Along with Hans. H. Gerth, applied and popularized Max Weber theories. Also applied Karl Mannheim’s theories on the sociology of knowledge to the political thought and behavior of intellectuals.

-Wrote the following books: .The Power Elite, The Sociological Imagination, White Collar: The American Middle Class, Listen: Yankee, The Marxists.

4.) IDA B. WELLS BARNETT (1862 - 1931)

-Led an ant lynching crusade in the United States in the 1890’s.

-One of the great pioneer activists in the Civil Rights Movement.

-Co-founder of the NAACP.

-Journalist and Author of work like On Lynchings, and The Memphis Diary of Ida B. Wells.

5.) ROBERT PARK (1964 - 1944) & ERNEST BURGESS (1886 - 1966)

-Robert Park was one of the main founders of the original Chicago School of sociology.

-Robert Park was the central figure in the development of Chicago sociology. He introduced ecology to sociology.

-Robert Park was influential in developing the theory of assimilation as it pertained to immigrants in the United States.

-Ernest Burgess, along with Robert Park conceptualized the city into the concentric zones.

-Ernest Burgess in known for his research into the family as a social unit.

6.) KARL MARX (1818 - 1883)

-Best known not as a philosopher but as a revolutionary communist.

-Developed the social and economic theories that would have a major influence on sociological thought.

-Karl Marx works inspired the foundation of many communist regimes in the twentieth century.

7.) AUGUSTE COMTE (1798 - 1857)

-French thinker who coined the term “sociology”.

-Founder of Positivism. Positivism is a philosophical system of thought maintaining that the goal of knowledge is simply to describe the phenomena experienced, not to question whether it exists or not.

-Made some of the earliest attempts to apply scientific methods to the study of social life.

8.) HARRIET MARTINEAU (1802 - 1876)

-Considered a for mother to sociology and the feminist movement.

-Author of important sociological interpretations of the early phases of capitalism and modernity which include Illustrations of Political Economy, Theory and Practice of Society in America, The Martyr Age of the United States.

-Social reformer whose writings on the plight of children and women in British factories were highly influential.

-Renowned in her day as a controversial journalist, political economist, abolitionist and life-long feminist.

9.) ALICE S. ROSSI (1922 - )

-Leading feminist scholar as a writer and editor of works on family, kinship, sex, and gender.

-Is particularly noted for her studies of personality development at all ages, what sociologists refer to as “life-course” analyses.

-One of the founders of the National Organization for Women (NOW).

-74th President of the American Sociological Association.

-Her works include: The Feminist Papers, Gender and the Life Course, and Of Human Bonding.

10.) JESSIE BERNARD (1903 - 1996)

-Provided insights into women, sex, marriage, and interaction of family and community.

-Author of influential books like American Family Behavior, Origins of American Sociology, American Community Behavior, Women, Wives, Mothers, The Female World from a Global Perspective.

11.) CHARLES DARWIN (1809 - 1882)

-Charles Darwin proposed and provided scientific evidence that all species of life have evolved over time from one or a few common ancestors through the process of natural selection.

-Author of works like On the Origin of Species, The Descent of Man , and Selection in Relation to Sex, and The Expressions of the Emotions in Man and Animals.

12.) MAX WEBER (1864 - 1920)

-Max Weber is considered one of