Leading Sociologists

Analyzed the social structure of black community in early 20th century

• Jane Addams
• Max Weber
• Auguste Comte
• W.E.B. Du Bois

Focused studies on how the lack of economic power enjoyed by women kept them dependent on men

• Jand Addams
• Harriet Martineau
• Emile Durkheim
• Karl Marx

Coined the term “positivism”

• Auguste Comte
• Karl Marx
• Emile Durkheim
• Harriet Martineau

Considered the founder of Sociology.

• August Comte
• Harriet Martineau
• W.E.B. Du Bois
• Herbert Spencer

"Father of Communism"

• Herbert Spencer
• Karl Marx
• Max Weber
• W.E.B. Du Bois

Distinguished between "social statics" and "social dynamics"

• Auguste Comte
• W.E.B. Du Bois
• Max Weber
• Jane Addams

Founded the Hull House in Chicago to give aid to the urban poor

• Jane Addams
• Harriet Martineau
• Karl Marx
• Max Weber

Had great concern for poverty and the inequality suffered by the working class in London.

• Harriet Martineau
• Auguste Comte
• Herbert Spencer
• W.E.B. Du Bois

Introduced the concept of "Social Darwinism" 

• Harriet Martineau
• Herbert Spencer
• Max Weber
• Karl Marx

Opposed to social reforms to help the working classes b/c to do so would interfere with the natural workings of society

• Herbert Spencer
• Max Weber
• W.E.B. Du Bois
• Karl Marx