ABSTRACT
Early women sociologists such as Harriet Martineau, Ida B. Wells, and Jane Addams have begun to appear in some introductory textbooks and theory books. Some scholars have specifically argued for the need to include early women sociologists as part of the discipline’s foundational core, part of our “classical” tradition. A lack of research and writing by and about early women sociologists seemed like a logical reason why students of sociology might not have heard about any of the early women founders of the discipline. However, works by early women sociologists and books about their contributions to the discipline have become widely available. The chapter focuses on a particular aspect of graduate school, specifically the classical theory course, to see if there is evidence of the diffusion process in regards to the work of early women sociologists.
