SOC 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Anna J. Cooper, Harriet Martineau
14 Sep 2020
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Describe how marginalized voices contributed to sociological theory. The voices that were privileged at the time were of those who held most of the power in society. This is a phenomenon that even sociology, arguably one of the most socially informed disciplines, has fallen victim to. By now recognizing the contributions of those who were not heard at the time, we gain insight into the way society viewed people of different genders, social classes, and ethnicities. This theme of exclusion and oppression of the weak is as relevant to classical theory as it is for every topic area in sociology. Mary wollstonecraft (1759 1797), harriet martineau (1802 1876), flora tristan (1803 1844), Florence nightingale (1820 1910), beatrice potter webb (1853 1943), anna garlin spencer (1851 1932), anna julia cooper (1858 1964), ida wells-barnett (1862 1931), charlotte. Perkins gilman (1860 1935), jane addams (1860 1935), annie marion maclean (1870 1934),
