Dorothy Swaine Thomas
Dorothy Swaine Thomas , (born October 24, 1899 in Baltimore , Maryland , USA ; † May 1, 1977 in Bethesda , Maryland) was an American sociologist and economist . She became the first woman to serve in the 42nd presidency of the American Sociological Association .
Career
Her parents were John Knight and Sarah Swaine Thomas.
Thomas received her academic training first at Barnard College , New York, which she left in 1922 with a BA. In 1924 she received her Ph. D. from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). For her work there she received the 'Hutchinson Research Medal'.
Between 1924 and 1948 Thomas held research and teaching positions at various institutions in the United States and Europe , including the University of California, Berkeley , Columbia Teachers College, the Federal Reserve Bank in New York and the Institute for Social Science at the university Stockholm .
Together with William I. Thomas she wrote the book "The Child in America", which appeared in 1928 . The so-called " Thomas theorem " comes from the book, which concisely summarizes an important connection between external reality and human actions. Dorothy S. Thomas married William I. Thomas in 1935 after his divorce from his first wife.
From 1948 , after the death of her husband, she worked at the University of Pennsylvania , Wharton School , initially as the institute's first ever female professor in sociological research, and later as co-director of various institutes, in particular the Population Studies Center. Since 1948 she was a member of the American Philosophical Society .
Thomas' main area of research was population development, especially the statistical side of it. Together with Simon Kuznets, she wrote a multi-volume work on the development of the population and the economy in the USA .
After her retirement in 1970 she received from the University of Pennsylvania , the honorary doctorate .
literature
- William I. Thomas, Dorothy S. Thomas: The child in America , Knopf, New York 1928
- Dorothy S. Thomas, Simon Kuznets: Population Redistribution and Economic Growth: United States, 1870-1950 , 3 volumes, Philadelphia 1957-1964
- Theresa Wobbe & Claudia Honegger (eds.): Women in Sociology. Nine portraits. (sic) Beck, Munich 1998 ISBN 3406392989 (except DST: Frieda Wunderlich , Marie Jahoda , Jenny P. d'Héricourt , Mathilde Vaerting , Beatrice Webb , Jane Addams , Harriet Martineau and Marianne Weber )
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Member History: Dorothy S. Thomas. American Philosophical Society, accessed December 28, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thomas, Dorothy Swaine |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American sociologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 24, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Baltimore , Maryland |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 1, 1977 |
| Place of death | Bethesda, Maryland |