Frances Perkins was the first woman to hold a cabinet position, serving twelve years as Secretary of Labor under President Franklin Roosevelt. Perkins was mentioned as an example of

a. the first case of affirmative action
b. an early female sociologist whose influence went far beyond sociology
c. tokenism
d. how socialism began to erode the American way of life


Answer: b. an early female sociologist whose influence went far beyond sociology

Sociology

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a. True b. False

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a. a weak organization against a stronger foe. b. a left-wing organization. c. a right-wing organization. d. a strong organization against a weaker foe.

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A. people opt for early retirement and are caught between their working and nonworking peers. B. those who are age 65 are not financially able to retire and must continue working or find paid employment. C. adults try to meet the competing demands of their parents and their own children. D. adults realize that their parents have died and that they are now the oldest generation.

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Describe the moral development theory of psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg and discuss psychologist Carol Gilligan's view on gender and moral development

What will be an ideal response?

Sociology