birth_place citizenship fields workplaces name birth_date spouse article_title birth_name alma_mater
calgary , alberta , canada usa political science , sociology boston university , city university of new york frances fox piven 10 october 1932 herman his death , 2001 -rrb- piven -lrb- divorced -rrb- richard cloward -lrb- until frances fox piven
 frances fox university -rrb- of chicago -lrb- b.a. , m.a. , ph.d.
frances fox piven

frances fox piven -lrb- born october 10 , 1932 -rrb- is an american professor of political science and sociology at the graduate center , city university of new york , where she has taught since 1982 .
piven is known equally for her contributions to social theory and for her social activism .
a veteran of the war on poverty and subsequent welfare-rights protests both in new york city and on the national stage , she has been instrumental in formulating the theoretical underpinnings of those movements .
over the course of her career , she has served on the boards of the aclu and the democratic socialists of america , and has also held offices in several professional associations , including the american political science association and the society for the study of social problems .
previously , she had been a member of the political science faculty at boston university .
