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Helena Z. Lopata
Helena Znaniecki Lopata (October 1, 1925-February 12, 2003) was a Polish-born American Sociologist. Born in Poznan, Poland to her father Florian Znaniecki, a sociologist, and mother Eileen Markey, an attorney, the family fled Poland to the United States due to Nazi rule. After settling in the U.S., Lopata finished high school and went on to college to obtain a bachler's degree, master's degree, and finally a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Illinois. Lopata went on to teach at Roosevelt University and then Loyola University where she served as chair of the department and Director for the Center for the Comparative Study of Social Roles. She also took her teaching on the road as a visiting professor at the University of Southern California, University of Guelph, University of Victoria and Boston College. In 1946 Lopata married businessman Richard Lopata and had a son, Stefan and a daughter, Theodora.

Life & Education
Helena Lopata was born in Poznan, Poland during the Nazi rule to sociologist Florian Znaniecki and attorney Eileen Markey. Lopata came to the United States during her high school years where she finished school in Chicago, Illinois. After high school she attended University of Illinois where she received both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees and then later her PhD in sociology. She went on to teach at Roosevelt University and then at Loyola University where she served as the chair of the department and Director of the Center for the Comparative Study of Social Roles. She also took her teaching on the road as a visiting professor at University of Southern California, Univery of Minnesota, University of Guelph, University of Victoria and Boston College. In 1946 Lopata married businessman Richard Lopata and had a son, Stefan and daughter, Theodora. She died in 2002 at the age of 77 in Delavan Lake, Wisconsin.

Career Highlights and Accomplishments
Helena Lopata published twenty books during her career along with numerous articles. She was elected to many presidencies throughout her career for organizations including [http://SWS SWS], SSSP, chair of many [http://ASA ASA] committees, and participated in many seminars relating to family and the sociology of aging. She did a lot of research on the occupational housewife that changed many ways Americans looked at the changing roles of women during that time and wrote a book on that topic, which was the first book about such a topic. She was a professor at Roosevelt University before going to Loyola in 1969 where she did most of her research.

Awards & Honors
For her varies contributions Lopata recieved the following awards: The Mead & Feminiast Menotring Awards from the Study of Symbolic Interaction, the Meicazyslaw Haiman Award from the Polish American Historical Association, the Distingusihed Scholar Award Society for the Study of Social Problems, and lastly the Bronislaw Malinowski Award from the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America. In addition to theses awards she also recieved an Honorary Doctorate of Sciences from the University of Guelph.

Publications

 * Women in America: Work, Jobs, Occupations, Careers
 * Circles and Settings-Roles Changes of American Women
 * City Women
 * Current Research on Occupations and Professions 1996: Getting Down to Business
 * Current Widowhood: Myths & Realities