SOAN 2112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: George Herbert Mead, W. I. Thomas, Symbolic Interactionism
20 Apr 2016
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W. i. thomas" social-psychological statement in his famous book the polish. Definition of the situation (famous quote) if people define situations as being real, then those definitions are real in their consequence . Its their reality having an influence towards my perception of reality. Reality itself is created through definition of situation as it lays the foundations. Hull house (was the founder) i want to express the spirit of jesus and do real social service w/out propaganda , served as base for women social scientists. Spoke on women"s suffrage & published a great deal on social policy. She was known as sainte jane". Founder of the american settlement house movement and the profession of social work & she was a winner of the nobel peace prize. She was a leader of the women"s peace movement, support for organized labour and advocacy of the american welfare state.
