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Auguste Comte
-father of sociology
-positivism
-French
-techniques to prevent personal biases in research
-wrote Positive Philosophy
-abandoned attitudes of a Roman Catholic for republicans
-involved with Clotilde de Vaux while she was married to someone else
-died of stomach cancer
-selfcentered and egocentric -
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Harriet Martineau
-social reformer
-introduced feminism
-English
-worked as a translator and speech writer
-published over 50 books and 2,000 articles
-translated Auguste Comte's Positive Philosophy -
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Karl Marx
-German
-class conflict in social change
-attended University of Berlin
-abandoned romanticism for hegelianism
-became a journalist
-published first volume of "Capital" in 1867 -
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Herbert Spencer
-English
-evolutionary
-social Darwinism
-biologist
-criticized utilitarian positivism
-contributed to a wide range of subjects -
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Emile Durkheim
-French
-one of the founders of modern day sociology
-broke away from family tradition and studied philosophy
-founding member of the Human Rights League
-critical of Karl Marx's work
-wrote anti-German propaganda pamphlets during WWI -
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Jane Addams
-American
-nobel piece prize winner
-social worker
-feminist and internationalist
-studied medicine but became ill and stopped
-appointed into Chicago's Board of Education in 1905
-never fully regained health after heart attack in 1926 -
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Max Weber
-German
-rationalization
-served in military
-married in 1893
-worked as a lawyer's assistance and a university assistance
-took a break from teaching until after WWI -
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W.E.B. DuBois
-American
-pan african movement
-social structure of african american communities
-African American writer and activist
-educated by Harvard University
-founding officer of the NAACP
-worked on the Encyclopedia Africana