In today�s society, men and women are being compared with similar equality. There is still somewhat of a gap between them, but it�s come a long way. Reading about Women and the Birth of Sociology has opened my eyes to how professional women are not remembered, as they should be, in history.
Being �written out� of history means being erased from record. This happened in the case of our historical women of Sociology. Why did this happen? In the 1800�s it was predominantly a �man�s world.� Men have taken most of the credit for the findings of Sociology. These women were part of professional associations, discovered theory, and were strong activists in what they believed in.
����������� Sociology�s women founders had many of the same ideas on different issues. They�ve felt similar in regards to the inequality of gender, race, social status, etc. Many of them wrote books explaining different theories and some were members of the National Sociological Association.
����������� It is important, today, to recognize the contributions of sociology�s women founders.�It not only gives them the credit they deserve, but it also gives our women of today the encouragement to be successful. Those women worked just as hard as the men of that time. They worked right along side many of the men and made the same accomplishments.
In conclusion, our women in history of sociology need to be recognized for their great accomplishments. They’ve worked hard for what they’ve done and deserve for us to know about them. I can only imagine how hard it was to be accepted in that time. I’m hopeful that our women today can be just as successful and receive recognition for their achievments.
It is interesting to see how two people can read the same literature and have diffrent views on the subject. Erin picked up on something I didn’t. Giving the founding women of sociology the credit they deserve is important to the future of women in research by ensuring that they too receive recognition for their hard work and findings. Thanks Erin 🙂
In addition to my former comment I have researched a bit about Hull House; a Chichago settlement house co-founded by Jane Adams (one of the founding women in sociology) and her friend Ellen Gates Star. The settlement was established by these two women to offer social and educational opportuinites for working class people living in a neighborhood. It offered opportunites for battered women, neglected children, and new immigrants. These people joined to form a community of advocators for legislative reform, neighborhood representation, and municipal, state, and federal level reform. From 1889 to 1930 the Hull House commonity expanded from 1 buliding in Chicago to 500 settlement houses nationally. The original building still stands today and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Although Jane Adams may have not received the credit she deserves for her many contributions to the sociological commonity, her name is becoming more recognized today as her contributions continue to unfold.