Sally Hacker
Sally Lynn Hacker (1936 – 1988) was a feminist sociologist.
Hacker investigated the cultures surrounding technology. As a sociologist she returned to school to study engineering. The American Sociological Association awards a graduate student paper award each year in her memory.
Publications
- Pleasure, Power, and Technology: Some Tales of Gender, Engineering, and the Cooperative Workplace, Boston: Unwin Hyman. 1989. ISBN 0-04-445204-7. Hacker's last book, it was highly praised [1].
- Several of Hacker's articles were collected and posthumously compiled in Doing it the Hard Way: Investigations of Gender and Technology, Boston: Unwin Hyman. 1990. ISBN 0-04-445434-1, which was similarly commended [2].
- "The eye of the beholder: An essay on technology and eroticism" in Sally Hacker, Dorothy Smith & Susan Turner (Eds.), Investigations of gender and technology, Boston: Unwin Hyman. 1990.
Sources
- Feldberg, R. et al. Obituary for Sally Hacker (1936-1988), Science, Technology, & Human Values, Vol. 14, No. 2. (Spring, 1989), pp. 221-223.
References
- ^ Elizabeth Maret, review in Contemporary Sociology, Vol. 19, No. 5. (Sep., 1990), p. 700
- ^ Bonnie Wright and Heidi Gottfried, review in Contemporary Sociology, Vol. 21, No. 3. (May, 1992), p. 330.
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1936 |
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1988 |
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