Sophonisba Breckinridge
Sophonisba Breckinridge (born April 1, 1866 in Lexington , † July 30, 1948 in Chicago ) was an American social scientist and social reformer .
Life
Breckinridge came from a Southern elite family. After studying education, she worked as a math teacher in Washington, DC , and later returned to Lexington, where she studied in her father's law office. She was admitted to the Kentucky bar in 1892, but soon left the profession because there were no assignments for a female lawyer.
In 1897 she began studying political science at the University of Chicago and received her doctorate in this subject under Ernst Deutsch in 1903 . After that she was initially concerned with legal issues, but then turned to the social question . She became active in the settlement movement and made contacts with Hull House in Chicago.
In 1908 she was one of the founders and first professors of the Chicago School of Civics and Philanthropy , which in 1920 became the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago. Her first research assistant was Edith Abbott . In 1927 both (together with Grace Abbott ) founded the social science journal Social Service Review . In 1929 she became Samuel Deutsch Professor of Public Welfare Administration at the University of Chicago.
Web links
- Sophonisba Breckinridge, Ph.D. (Political Science) 1901, JD 1904. on the website of the University of Chicago (School of Social Service Administration)
- Nicolle Bettis: Sophonisba Breckinridge. on the web site of Webster University
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| SURNAME | Breckinridge, Sophonisba |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Breckinridge, Sophonisba Preston |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American social scientist, social reformer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 1, 1866 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lexington (Kentucky) , Kentucky , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 30, 1948 |
| Place of death | Chicago , Illinois , United States |