Monday, November 09, 2009

Alice Rossi, R.I.P.


Alice Rossi, a leading family sociologist, died this week at 87. She was criticized from the right in the '60s for proposing sexual equality. She was one of the founders of the National Organization for Women. In later years she was criticized from the left for allowing that there are some important biological differences between men and women. While not a centrist, she came closer toward the middle on the sex and gender question than most feminist sociologists of her generation.

This picture is from her term as president of the American Sociological Association in 1983.

1 comment:

fran said...

May God bless her soul. On balance though she, NOW and her friends on balance were harmful to America and the world.