Frances Alice Kellor
Frances Alice Kellor ( October 20, 1873 - January 4, 1952 ) was an American sociologist and social reformer.
biography
Frances Kellor grew up in poor conditions in Columbus , Ohio , and later in Michigan , her mother was a single parent.
She graduated from the University of Chicago . Here she dealt with the sociology of crime, in particular with the works of Cesare Lombrosos . Her research contradicted Lombroso's thesis that hereditary predisposition is often the cause of crime, and suggested that crime was due to environmental conditions.
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Books
- Experimental Sociology: Descriptive and Analytical (1901)
- Out of Work (1904) with Gertrude Dudley
- Athletic Games in the Education of Women (1909)
- Notaries Public and Immigrants (1909)
- Straight America: A Call to National Service (1916)
- Immigration and the Future (1920)
- The Federal Administration and the Alien (1921)
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- "Arbitration and the Legal Profession" (undated)
- "Sex and Crime" in International Journal of Ethics (October 1898)
- "Immigration and Household Labor" in Charities (1904)
- "Where Slave Girls are Sold" in The New York Herald (February 14, 1904)
- "Emigration From the South - The Women" in Charities (October 1905)
- "The Immigrant Woman" in The Atlantic Monthly (September 1907)
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kellor, Frances Alice |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American sociologist and social reformer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 20, 1873 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Columbus , Ohio |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th January 1952 |
| Place of death | New York City |