Harriet Martineau 
Society in America 

After having published several works on economics, Harriet Martineau travelled through the USA and wrote down her experiences in the work ‘Society in America’ in 1837. This book is a social study, that is known as one of the first sociological studies at all. She focuses on slavery and on women’s role in American society and causes controversial discussion in her time.

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Harriet Martineau (* 12. Juni 1802; † 27. Juni 1876) was an English writer. She is known as the first female sociologist.