Full Name Miriam Massey Spouse Benton Johnson (m. 1951) Name Miriam Johnson | Children Shannon, Rebekah Occupation Sociologist Education Harvard University | |
Born January 12, 1928 Atlanta, Georgia Parent(s) Leola P. and Herbert N. Massey Died November 21, 2007, Eugene, Oregon, United States Books Strong Mothers, Weak Wives: The Search for Gender Equality, Sex Roles: Sex Inequality and Sex Role Development People also search for Benton Johnson, Jean Stockard, Guy Benton Johnson, Guion Griffis Johnson | ||
Miriam M. Johnson (January 12, 1928–November 21, 2007) was an American sociologist and professor emerita of the University of Oregon's Sociology Department.
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Life
Miriam Johnson was born Miriam Massey in Atlanta, Georgia on January 12, 1928 to Leola and Herbert Massey. While attending the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, she met Benton Johnson. They were married in 1951. In 1955 they had a son (Shannon), followed by a daughter (Rebekah) in 1957. She died on November 21, 2007 in Eugene, Oregon at the age of 79 from lung cancer after a short illness.
Career
She was educated at Georgia State College for Women at Milledgeville, and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill where she studied sociology and met Benton Johnson. In 1948 she pursued graduate studies at Harvard University's Department of Social Relations, earning a PhD. in 1955. She taught at the Women's College of the University of North Carolina (now the University of North Carolina at Greensboro) until 1953. Miriam and Benton moved to Oregon in 1957 when he took up a professorship at the University of Oregon. She returned to sociological work in 1972, with a particular emphasis on gender and family roles. In 1973, she helped organize the University of Oregon's Center for the Study of Women in Society, and later served as its director. Her last book, Strong Mothers, Weak Wives, was published in 1988.