According to the textbook, ________ was the first to turn a sociological eye on previously ignored issues, such as marriage, children, domestic and religious life, and race relations.
A) Émile Durkheim.
B) W. E. B. Du Bois.
C) Harriet Martineau.
D) Lucy Parsons.

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Harriet Martineau was an early sociologist who focused on previously overlooked topics such as marriage, children, domestic life, and race relations. She is considered one of the foundational figures in sociology and was an early advocate of qualitative research methods. While Émile Durkheim and W.E.B. Du Bois contributed significantly to the development of sociology, they did not specifically focus on these topics in the same way Martineau did. Lucy Parsons was an anarchist and labor organizer who was not a sociologist.

According to the Textbook, ________ Was the First to Turn