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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814261203321

Autore

Cicarelli James

Titolo

Distinguished women economists / / James Cicarelli and Julianne Cicarelli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn. : , : Greenwood Press, , 2003

London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), , 2024

ISBN

979-84-00-64150-3

1-280-70866-2

9786610708666

0-313-01642-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CicarelliJulianne

Disciplina

330/.092/2

Soggetti

Women economists

Women economists - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Covers biographies from the 18th century to the present.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; Profiles; Appendix: Biographees by Birth Year; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Women are vital members of the economics profession, yet they have traditionally received scant recognition for their work. This volume provides information on 51 remarkable women in the profession. They come from all areas of economics-academia, the business world, public policy-and include those who are currently active as well as 19th-century pioneers in the field. Entries cover biographical information, as well as the subjects' work, providing a unique guide to the many and varied contributions these women have made to economics.||Joan Robinson was one of the most significant economists of