SOC 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Harriet Martineau, Mary Wollstonecraft, Social Forces

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 111
• Professor: Jean Golden

Document Summary

Men still dominant, separate spheres for men and women. Consequences for women: white male historiography, limited education for women, sexism in universities/higher education, limited legal/political rights. Self-supporting since 19 after leaving an abusive single father. 1787: thoughts on the education of daughters. 1792: vindication of the rights of woman. 1794: historical and moral view or the origins and progress of the french revolution. 1795: challenged the major philosophers, examined male biases (ie, rousseau) Challenged the idea that women are incapable of reason and rationality, pointless to be educated. Educated at home with her brothers (brothers then went to university, she taught herself) Wrote about the relationships between economics, politics, morals, and social life in the form of stories. 1834: society in america, retrospect of western travel. 1836: essays on the art of thinking. 1837: how to observe manners and morals. Emphasized studying all aspects of society, especially institutions, to deduce why inequalities exist.