Imagine a World: Pioneering Black Women Sociologists - Paperback

by Delores P. Aldridge (Author)

This book focuses on the lives of five unique, nationally known sociologists who are among the first African American women to receive doctorate degrees in this discipline: Jacquelyne Johnson Jackson, LaFrancis Rodgers-Rose, Joyce A. Ladner, Doris Wilkinson, and Delores P. Aldridge

Author Biography

Delores P. Aldridge is the Grace Towns Hamilton Professor of Sociology and African American Studies at Emory University. Professor Aldridge received her Ph.D. from Purdue University. She is a Phi Beta Kappa trained sociologist and clinical social worker, civil rights activist, and is the recipient of more than 100 awards in her field.