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Women and men in the crowd meet and mingle, Yet with itself every soul standeth single.
Harriet Martineau
Born: June 12, 1802
Died: June 27, 1876 (aged 74)
Bio: Harriet Martineau was an English social theorist and Whig writer, often cited as the first female sociologist.
Known for:
- Society in America (1837)
- Illustrations of political economy (1832)
- Retrospect of western travel (1838)
- How to Observe Morals and Manners (1838)
- Harriet Martineau's Autobiography
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