Harriet Martineau

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Harriet Martineau was a 19th-century English social theorist, writer, and early feminist known for her influential works on political economy, social reform, and the popularization of complex economic and social issues for a broad readership.

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instanceOf abolitionist ⓘ
feminist ⓘ
human ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
social theorist ⓘ
sociologist ⓘ
writer ⓘ
causeOfDeath bronchitis ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1802-06-12 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1876-06-27 ⓘ
describedAs the first female sociologist ⓘ
educatedAt Unitarian schools ⓘ
home education ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
familyName Martineau ⓘ
linked to: Harriet Martineau
father Thomas Martineau ⓘ
fieldOfWork education ⓘ
political economy ⓘ
religion and secularism ⓘ
social reform ⓘ
sociology ⓘ
women’s rights ⓘ
givenName Harriet ⓘ
influenced John Stuart Mill ⓘ
early sociologists ⓘ
later feminist theorists ⓘ
influencedBy Auguste Comte ⓘ
Jeremy Bentham ⓘ
Unitarian thought ⓘ
knownFor advocacy of women’s rights and gender equality ⓘ
critique of slavery in the United States ⓘ
early contributions to sociological theory ⓘ
popularizing political economy for a general readership ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement abolitionism ⓘ
feminism ⓘ
positivism ⓘ
name Harriet Martineau ⓘ
notableIdea application of political economy to everyday life ⓘ
linking morals and manners in social analysis ⓘ
systematic observation of social life ⓘ
notableWork Deerbrook ⓘ
Household Education ⓘ
How to Observe Morals and Manners ⓘ
Illustrations of Political Economy ⓘ
Letters on the Laws of Man’s Nature and Development ⓘ
Society in America ⓘ
The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte (translation) ⓘ
occupation essayist ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
political economist ⓘ
social theorist ⓘ
sociologist ⓘ
translator ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth England ⓘ
Norfolk ⓘ
Norwich ⓘ
placeOfDeath Ambleside ⓘ
Cumbria ⓘ
England ⓘ
religion Unitarianism ⓘ
residence Ambleside ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Norwich ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
sibling James Martineau ⓘ
Maria Martineau ⓘ
traveledTo Egypt ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
Palestine ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ

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Corn Laws debate → significantPerson → Harriet Martineau ⓘ
The Westminster Review → notableContributor → Harriet Martineau ⓘ
Cours de philosophie positive → translatedBy → Harriet Martineau ⓘ
Auguste Comte → influenced → Harriet Martineau ⓘ
Jane Welsh Carlyle → correspondentOf → Harriet Martineau ⓘ
Harriet Martineau → name → Harriet Martineau ⓘ
Harriet Martineau → familyName → Martineau ⓘ
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Household Words → notableContributor → Harriet Martineau ⓘ
English Woman's Journal → notableContributor → Harriet Martineau ⓘ
Manchester School of economics → hasKeyFigure → Harriet Martineau ⓘ
Illustrations of Political Economy → author → Harriet Martineau ⓘ
Society in America → author → Harriet Martineau ⓘ
Society in America → basedOn → Harriet Martineau’s travels in the United States ⓘ
linked to: Harriet Martineau
How to Observe Morals and Manners → author → Harriet Martineau ⓘ
Deerbrook → author → Harriet Martineau ⓘ
Household Education → author → Harriet Martineau ⓘ
Thomas Martineau → child → Harriet Martineau ⓘ
Thomas Martineau → notableRelative → Harriet Martineau ⓘ
Maria Martineau → sibling → Harriet Martineau ⓘ
Maria Martineau → relative → Harriet Martineau ⓘ
James Martineau → sibling → Harriet Martineau ⓘ
Harriet → hasNotableBearer → Harriet Martineau ⓘ