Professor Jessica Blanche Peixotto was hired in 1904 to teach courses in sociology and by 1912 had shaped a curriculum in social economics focused on the poor .
Professor Jessica Blanche Peixotto is the second woman to earn at Ph. D. at Berkeley .
Professor Jessica Blanche Peixotto , the second woman to earn at Ph. D. at Berkeley , was hired in 1904 to teach courses in sociology and by 1912 had shaped a curriculum in social economics focused on the poor .