Pauline Bart, second-wave feminist sociologist, died on October 8, 2021. She was 91. Bart trained in sociology at the University of California at Los Angeles, where she received a bachelor’s degree in 1950, a master’s degree in 1952, and a doctorate in 1967. Bart helped organize a 1969 caucus of female sociologists to promote the work of women in the field. The gathering spurred the creation of Sociologists for Women in Society, an international feminist organization. Bart taught at the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Illinois at Chicago. Bart’s books include The Student Sociologist’s Handbook (Schenkman, 1971), coauthored with Linda Frankel, and Stopping Rape: Successful Survival Strategies (Pergamon Press, 1985), coauthored with Patricia H. O’Brien. Bart’s obituary in the Washington Post can be read here.
