Pauline V. Young

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Pauline Vislick Young (nee Pauline Vislick ) (* 1896 in Russian Poland ; † January 27, 1977 in Modesto , California ) was an American sociologist and social worker . Their study The pilgrims of Russian-town belongs to the canon of the Chicago School of Sociology .

Before the start of the war in 1914, Pauline Vislick emigrated from what was then Russian Poland to the USA , where she married the sociologist Erle Fiske Young . From 1915 to her bachelor's degree in 1919, she studied sociology at the University of Chicago . During her studies she worked as a family case worker at the Chicago branch of the American Red Cross . She also worked as a researcher for health and welfare organizations and was a volunteer for the United Charities in Chicago among the Polish population there. In addition, she continued her studies in sociology at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles , where she took her master's degree in 1925 and obtained her Ph.D. received his doctorate . Her machine-written doctoral thesis Assimilation problems of Russian Molokans in Los Angeles , was published in 1932 by the University of Chicago Press with a foreword by Robert E. Park and the title The pilgrims of Russian-town . From 1925 Young worked as a state social economist ( California State Social Economist ).

Fonts (selection)

  • The pilgrims of Russian-town . University of Chicago Press, Chicago 1932.
  • Interviewing in social work. A sociological analysis . McGraw-Hill, New York 1935.
  • Social treatment in probation and delinquency. Treatise and casebook for court workers, probation officers, and other child welfare workers . McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York / London 1937
  • Scientific social surveys and research. An introduction to the background, content, methods, and analysis of social studies . Prentice Hall, New York 1939.
  • Social case work in national defense. A cultural approach to the problems of enlisted men and their families . Prentice Hall, New York 1941.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rolf Lindner : Walks on the Wild Side. A history of urban research. Campus, Frankfurt am Main 2004, ISBN 3-593-37500-1 , p. 129.
  2. ↑ Biographical data are based on: Pauline V. Young, Archive for the History of Sociology in Austria , University of Graz .
personal data
SURNAME Young, Pauline V.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Young, Pauline Vislick (full name); Vislick, Pauline (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American sociologist and social worker
DATE OF BIRTH 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Poland
DATE OF DEATH January 27, 1977
Place of death Modesto , California , United States