Mirra Komarovsky

Mirra Komarovsky ( born February 5, 1905 in Russia; † 30 January 1999) was an American sociologist of Russian origin.

Mirra Komarovsky took over after Dorothy Swaine Thomas as his second wife in this function the 64th presidency of the American Sociological Association. Komarovsky is considered a pioneer of the Sociology of Gender.

She came from a privileged Jewish family in Tsarist Russia who fled after the Russian Revolution of 1917 in the United States and located in Wichita ( Kansas) settled. Komarovsky studied up to the Master's degree at Columbia University. In 1940, she was just there for the Ph.D. doctorate. She then taught for more than 30 years as a professor at the college for women Barnard College in New York.

Mirra Komarovsky officiated in 1973 as President of the American Sociological Association.

Writings (selection )

• The Unemployed Man and His Family, 1940
• Women in the Modern World. Their Education and Their Dilemmas, 1953
• Blue - Collar Marriage, 1964
• Women in college. Shaping New Feminine Identities, 1985.