Preface
Introduction
The Classical Period: Nineteenth Century Sociology
Auguste Comte (1798-1857) on Women in Positivist Society
Harriett Martineau (1802-1876) on American Women
Bebel, August (1840-1913) on Women and Socialism
Emile Durkheim (1858-1917) on the Division of Labor and Interests in Marriage
Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) on the Rights and Status of Women
Lester Frank Ward (1841-1913) on the Condition of Women
Anna Julia Cooper (1858-1964) on the Voices of Women
Thorstein Veblen (1857-1929) on Dress as Pecuniary Culture
The Progressive Era: Early Twentieth Century Sociology
Georg Simmel (1858-1918) on Conflict between Men and Women
Mary Roberts (Smith) Coolidge (1860-1945) on the Socialization of Girls
Anna Garlin Spencer (1851-1932) on the Woman of Genius
Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935) on the Economics of Private Household Work
Leta Stetter Hollingworth (1886-1939) on Compelling Women to Bear Children
Alexandra Kolontai (1873-1952) on Women and Class
Edith Abbott (1876-1957) on Women in Industry
1920s and 1930s: Institutionalizing the Discipline, Defining the Canon
Du Bois, W. E. B. (1868-1963) on the “Damnation” of Women
Edward Alsworth Ross (1866-1951) on Masculinism
Anna Garlin Spencer (1851-1932) on Husbands and Wives
Robert E. Park (1864-1944) and Ernest W. Burgess (1886-1966) On Sex Differences
William Graham Sumner (1840-1910) on Women’s Natural Roles
Sophonisba P. Breckinridge (1866-1948) on Women as Workers and Citizens
Margaret Mead (1901-1978) on the Cultural Basis of Sex Difference
Willard Walter Waller (1899-1945) on Rating and Dating
The 1940s: Questions about Women’s New Roles
Edward Alsworth Ross (1866-1951) on Sex Conflict
Alva Myrdal (1902-1986) on Women’s Conflicting Roles
Talcott Parsons (1902-1979) on Sex in the United StatesSocial Structure
Joseph Kirk Folsom (1893-1960) on Wives’ Changing Roles
Gunnar Myrdal (1898-1987) on Democracy and Race, an American Dilemma
Mirra Komarovsky (1905-1998) on Cultural Contradictions of Sex Roles
Robert Staughton Lynd (1892-1970) on Changes in Sex Roles
The 1950s: Questioning the Paradigm
Viola Klein (1908-1971) on the Feminine Stereotype
Mirra Komarovsky (1905-1998), Functional Analysis of Sex Roles
Helen Mayer Hacker on Women as a Minority Group
William H. Whyte (1917-1999) on the Corporate Wife
Talcott Parsons and Robert F. Bales on the Functions of Sex Roles
Alva Myrdal (1902-1986) and Viola Klein (1908-1971) on Women’s Two Roles
Helen Mayer Hacker on the New Burdens of Masculinity
Muhammad Ali Mazidi went to Tabriz University and holds Master’s degrees from both Southern Methodist University and the University of Texas at Dallas. He is currently a.b.d. on his Ph.D. in the Electrical Engineering Department of Southern Methodist University. He is co-author of a widely used textbook, The 80x86 IBM PC and Compatible Computers, also available from Prentice Hall. He teaches microprocessor-based system design at DeVry University in Dallas, Texas.
Janice Gillispie Mazidi has a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of North Texas. She has several years of experience as a software engineer in Dallas. She has been chief technical writer and production manager, and was responsible for software development and testing of a widely used textbook, The 80x86 IBM PC and Compatible Computers, also available from Prentice Hall.
Rolin McKinlay has a BSEET from DeVry University. He is currently working on his Master’s degree and PE license in the state of Texas. He is currently self-employed as a programmer and circuit board designer, and is a partner in MicroDigitalEd.com.
