Janet Wolff

Janet Wolff (born 25 March 1943) is a British sociologist and art historian. After working for some time as a secretary at the North Western Gas Board, she decided to attend university after seeing her sister go to one, and she obtained her BSS and PhD at the University of Birmingham. She worked at University of Leeds, University of Rochester, Columbia University, and eventually the University of Manchester, where she retired as professor emeritus. She has written several books on sociology and art studies, and following her retirement from Manchester, the history of Manchester. Provided by Wikipedia