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Mabel Agnes Elliott : pioneering feminist, pacifist sociologist

Title
Mabel Agnes Elliott : pioneering feminist, pacifist sociologist / Kathryn McGonigal and John F. Galliher.
Author
McGonigal, Kathryn, 1970-
Publication
Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, ©2009.

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Additional Authors
Galliher, John F.
Description
xi, 165 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
"Mabel Agnes Elliott: Pioneering Feminist, Pacifist Sociologist provides a history of the life and career of the late Mabel Agnes Elliott (1898-1990), a pioneering female sociologist largely forgotten despite her achievements and contributions. A native of Iowa, Elliott earned three degrees in sociology from Northwestern University. In addition to her career as a sociologist, she was a feminist and a pacifist whose occasional criticism of criminal policies in the United States led to the creation of her own FBI file. Despite being largely disregarded by her male colleagues, Elliott wrote a wildly successful textbook-Social Disorganization-that published four editions over thirty years. After starting her career at the University of Kansas and working there for twenty years, she moved to Chatham College in Pennsylvania in 1949, where she was appreciated for her singular abilities. Among her many achievements, she was the first woman to be elected president of the Society for the Study of Social Problems in 1957"--Pub. desc.
Subject
  • Elliott, Mabel A. 1898-1990
  • Elliott, Mabel A
  • Women sociologists > United States > Biography
  • Feminists > United States > Biography
  • Women pacifists > United States > Biography
  • Feminists
  • Women pacifists
  • Women sociologists
  • Soziologin
  • Feministin
  • United States
  • USA
Genre/Form
  • Biography
  • Biographies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Snapshot of a life -- A photo gallery: the seasons of Mabel A. Elliott -- Women in social science in the early twentieth century -- Elliott's career at the University of Kansas: colleagues and publications -- Finding an academic home at Chatham College in the 1950s-1960s: students and publications -- The misappropriation of Mabel A. Elliott's Social disorganization -- Summary and conclusions -- Appendix A: Vitae -- Appendix B: Homosexuality (unpublished essay) -- Appendix C: American sociological review article -- Appendix D: Social problems article (presidential address) -- Appendix E: FBI file selected entries.
ISBN
  • 9780739129517
  • 0739129511
  • 9780739132159
  • 0739132156
  • 073912952X
  • 9780739129524
LCCN
2008038205
OCLC
  • ocn245536722
  • 245536722
  • SCSB-8795111
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library