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