Encounters With Harriet Martineau

Hobday's biography considers Harriet Martineau, the first female journalist and a founder of sociology, as a true pioneer amongst pioneers. A champion of women's rights, racial equality, scientific progress, economic fairness and cooperatives, Martineau's popular writing on political and economic is [...]
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Hobday's biography considers Harriet Martineau, the first female journalist and a founder of sociology, as a true pioneer amongst pioneers. A champion of women's rights, racial equality, scientific progress, economic fairness and cooperatives, Martineau's popular writing on political and economic issues brought her considerable fame in the 1830s.