Myra Marx Ferree (born October 10, 1949) is a former professor of sociology and director of the Center for German and European Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where she was also a member of the Women's Studies Program. In 2005 she was a Berlin Prize Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin and in 2004 the Maria-Jahoda Visiting Professor at the Ruhr University Bochum. Ferree retired in 2018.

Life

Ferree attended Harvard University where she obtained a PhD in social psychology and social relations in 1976. She has written numerous articles about

feminist Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social equality of the sexes. Feminism incorporates the position that society prioritizes the male po ...

organizations and politics in the US, Germany and internationally, as well as about gender inequality in families, the inclusion of gender in sociological theory and practice, and the intersections of gender with race and class. Her current work focuses on comparisons between US and German feminist movements and gender policy developments since the 1960s as well as the development of feminist identities in transnational women's organizations. She has been the recipient of the

Jessie Bernard Jessie Shirley Bernard (born Jessie Sarah Ravitch, 1903 – 1996) was an American sociologist and noted feminist scholar. She was a persistent forerunner of feminist thought in American sociology and her life's work is characterized as extraord ...

Award (sociology's highest honor for work in gender), vice-president of the

American Sociological Association The American Sociological Association (ASA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the discipline and profession of sociology. Founded in December 1905 as the American Sociological Society at Johns Hopkins University by a group of fif ...

and deputy editor of its leading journal, '' American Sociological Review'', president of Sociologists for Women in Society and recipient of its mentoring and feminist scholarship awards.

Works (selection)

*''Global Feminism: Transnational Women's Activism, Organizing, and Human Rights'', New York : New York University Press, 2006 (eds. with Aili Mari Tripp) * ''Shaping Abortion Discourse: Democracy and the Public Sphere in Germany and the United States'', Cambridge University Press, 2001 (eds. with

William Anthony Gamson William Anthony Gamson (January 27, 1934 – March 23, 2021) was a professor of Sociology at Boston College, where he was also the co-director of the Media Research and Action Project (MRAP). He is the author of numerous books and articles on poli ...

Jürgen Gerhards Jürgen or Jurgen is a popular masculine given name in Germany, Estonia, Belgium and the Netherlands. It is cognate with George. Notable people named Jürgen include: A *Jürgen Ahrend (born 1930), German organ builder * Jürgen Alzen (bo ...

, and

Dieter Rucht Dieter Rucht (born 26 June 1946 in Kempten) is a German sociologist. He is known for his contributions to the protest and social movement literature. Until his retirement in June 2011, he was co-director of the research group ''Civil Society, Ci ...

) * ''Controversy and Coalition: The New Feminist Movement Across Four Decades of Change'', Routledge Press, 1995 (with

Beth Hess Beth may refer to: Letter and number *Bet (letter) Bet, Beth, Beh, or Vet is the second letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician Bēt , Hebrew Bēt , Aramaic Bēth , Syriac Bēṯ , and Arabic . Its sound value is the voiced bi ...

) * ''Revisioning Gender'', Alta Mira Press, 1998 (eds. with

Judith Lorber Judith Lorber (born November 28, 1931) is Professor Emerita of Sociology and Women’s Studies at The CUNY Graduate Center and Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. She is a foundational theorist of social construction of gender di ...

and

) * ''Feminist Organizations: Harvest of the New Women's Movement'', Temple University Press, 1995 (eds. with Patricia Yancey Martin)

References

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Myra Marx Ferree
at University of Wisconsin–Madison, Department of Sociology {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferree, Myra Marx 1949 births Living people Gender studies academics American women sociologists Postmodern feminists University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni