Michael R. Hill

The Dress of Women a Critical Introduction to the Symbolism and Sociology of Clothing

Introduction Prefatory Note Primary Motives in Clothing Some Modifying Forces The Principle Involved Physical Health and Beauty Beauty vs. Sex Distinction The Hat Decorative Art, Trimmings, and Ornament Humanitarian and Economic Considerations Larger Economic Considerations The Force Called Fashion Fashion and Psychology Hope and Comfort Endnotes Index

Annie Marion MacLean, Feminist Pragmatist and Methodologist

Annie Marion MacLean was a major Chicago sociologist and methodologist. She was profoundly influenced by the gendered division of labor in sociology during her era. MacLean combined her work with the men and women of the early Chicago school of sociology and the women of Hull-House, an early social settlement. As a feminist pragmatist, MacLean was both a theorist and practitioner who used qualitative and quantitative methods. She set precedents in the Chicago school of ethnography, participant observation, and critical methodology. MacLean, however, was not the “mother” of ethnography. Harriet Martineau holds a far stronger claim to be a founding contributor to the origin and development of ethnographic methodologies in the social sciences.