This text presents the contributions of 15 women sociologists of the 19th and early-20th century. The text is designed to provide students with a complete picture of each woman's contribution to sociology and social theory. For each subject the author offers a biographical background, a thematic analysis of the social theory and selections from their writings. The text relates women's social theory to their activist and policy-oriented work and essays feature analysis of key theoretical arguments, locating them in the conventional canon and in the developing tradition of feminist social theory. Visual aids summarize women's relation to male sociologists, major historical developments and each other.