Mabel Agnes Elliott, We Hardly Knew You

• Published in: The American sociologist Vol. 39; no. 4; pp. 259 - 278
• Main Authors: McGonigal, Kathryn, Galliher, John F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston Springer Science + Business Media, LLC 01.12.2008; Springer US; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: 20th century; Academic Careers; Activism; Archives; Archives & records; Author productivity; Awards & honors; Biographies; College faculty; Crime; Criminology; Elliot, Mabel Agnes; Females; Feminism; Gender Discrimination; Higher education; Institutions; Kansas; Memory; Nonprofit organizations; Pennsylvania; Personal profiles; Presidents; Professional Associations; Sex discrimination; Single Sex Colleges; Social disorganization; Social issues; Social Problems; Social research; Social Sciences; Social Scientists; Society; Society for the study of social problems; Sociology; United States history; War; Women; Women Faculty; Womens Education; Kansas; Pennsylvania; United States > US; Iowa; Missouri; Society for the study of social problems; Feminist; Mabel Agnes Elliott

Sociologist Mabel Agnes Elliott was elected the fourth president of the Society for the Study of Social Problems in 1956–1957 and was the first woman to hold this position. She was an anti-war activist, a feminist and a creative and diligent writer. Yet she experienced many challenges. The Federal B...