Rossi, Alice S., 1922-2009

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Birth 1922-09-24
Death 2009-11-03
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Sociologist and feminist Alice S. Rossi graduated from Brooklyn College (B.A. 1947) and Columbia University (Ph. D. 1957). A founder and board member of the National Organization for Women (1966-1970), Rossi also served as president of the American Sociological Association (1982-1983). She was editor (with Ann Calderwood) of Academic Women on the Move (1973) and of The Feminist Papers: From Adams to de Beauvoir (1973), two very early and influential works in the field of women's history. The author of numerous other publications, Rossi was on the faculties of Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland (1969-1974) and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst (1974-1991).

From the description of Papers of Alice S. Rossi, 1927-2009. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 706954857

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  • Courtship
  • Divorce
  • Feminists
  • Jewish women
  • Mothers and daughters
  • Sex discrimination against women
  • Sex discrimination in higher education
  • Sociologists
  • Women
  • Women social scientists
  • Women sociologists
  • Women's rights

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  • United States (as recorded)
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