This major original reference work includes over one hundred specially commissioned articles on the lives and writings of women who made significant contributions to economics. It sheds new light on the rich, but too often neglected, heritage of women's analysis of economic issues and participation in the discipline of economics. In addition to those who wrote in English, some notable Danish, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Russian and Swedish women economists are included. This book will transform widely-held views about the past role of women in economics, and will stimulate further research in this exciting but underdeveloped field. It is dedicated to the memory of Michele Pujol, a pioneer in the field.

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Contents: Edith Abbott: Claire Holton Hammond Ruth Alice Allen: Alexandra Bernasek & Douglas Kinnear Shirley Ann Montag Almon: Christopher McDonough-Dumler Elizabeth Faulkner Baker: Chris Nyland & Mark Rix Emily Greene Balch: Robert W. Dimand Käthe Bauer-Mengelberg: Claus-Dieter Krohn Hilde Behrend: Gudrun Biffl Cora Berliner: Claus-Dieter Krohn Krishna Bharadwaj: Krishna Bharadwaj Huguette Biaujeaud: G. Abraham-Frois Clementina Black: Susan King Rosalind (Hyman) Blauer: Lewis A. Soroka Barbara Bodichon: William D. Sockwell Olga Nikolajevna Bondareva: Tatiana E. Kulakovskaja & Natalia I. Naumova Helen Dendy Bosanquet: Peter Groenewegen Ester Boserup: Ingrid Henriksen & Niels Kærgård Emilia Jessie Boucherett: Susan H. Gensemer Marian E.A. Bowley: Bernard Corry Mary Jean Bowman: Evelyn L. Forget Dorothy Stahl Brady: Evelyn L. Forget Sophonisba Brekinridge: Claire Holton Hammond Elizabeth Read Brown: Christopher K. Ryan Martha Stephanie Browne: Jürgen Nautz Eveline Mabel Richardson Burns: Sherryl Davis Kasper Elizabeth Beardsley Butler: Susan H. Gensemer Heln Stuart Campbell: John B. Davis Agatha Louisa Chapman: Judith A. Alexander Margaret Cole: Giandomenica Becchio Clara Elizabeth Collet: Peter Groenewegen Katharine Coman: Robin L. Bartlett Costanza Costantino: Magda Fontana Caroline Wells Healey Dall: Robert W. Dimand Julie-Victoire Daubié: Christine Ivory Caroline Augusta Foley Rhys Davids: Robert W. Dimand Katherine Bement Davis: Claire Holton Hammond Marie Dessauer: Hans-Michael Trautwein Elisabeth Caroline van Dorp: Henk W. Plasmeijer Eleanor Lansing Dulles: Indra Hardeen Raya Dunayevskaya: M.C. Howard & J.E. King Minnie Throop England: Robert W. Dimand Millicent Garrett Fawcett: Michèle A. Pujol & Janet A. Seiz Ann Fetter Friedlaender: Evelyn L. Forget Rose Director Friedman: J. Daniel Hammond Elizabeth Waterman Gilboy: J.J. Thomas Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Mary Ann Dimand Fanny Ginor: Harald Hagemann Kirsten Gloerfelt-Tarp: Niels Kærgård Selma Evelyn Fine Goldsmith: Vibha Kapuria-Foreman Dorothy C. Goodwin: Shyamala Raman Margaret Gordon: Joyce P. Jacobsen Mariana Goudi: Michalis Psalidopoulos Marjorie Grice-Hutchinson: Aurora Gamez Lucy Barbara (Bradby) Hammond: Richard Kleer Amy Hewes: Peter Groenewegen Ursula Hicks: Joyce P. Jacobsen Elizabeth Ellis Hoyt: Alison Comish Thorne B.L. Hutchins: James P. Henderson Mary Quayle Innis: Anne Innis Dagg Alice Hanson Jones: Evelyn L. Forget Florence Kelley: Kathryn Kish Sklar Susan Myra Kingsbury: Susan H. Gensemer Karin Kock: Rolf Henriksson Anna Koutsoyiannis: Ronald G. Bodkin Hazel Kyrk: Richard A. Lobdell Käthe Leichter: Theresa Wobbe Charlotte Leubuscher: Philine Scholze & Therese Wobbe Helene Lieser: Jürgen Nautz Gertrud von Lovasy: Jürgen Nautz Rosa Luxemburg: Richard Kleer Jane Haldimand Marcet: Bette Polkinghorn Mary Paley Marshall: Rita McWilliams Tullberg Harriet Martineau: Evelyn L. Forget Jean Trepp McKelvey: Margaret Lewis Therese Schmid McMahon: Robert W. Dimand Mary Meynieu: Evelyn L. Forget Harriet Hardy Taylor Mill: Michèle A. Pujol Ilse Schüler Mintz: Jürgen Nautz Natalie Moszkowska: M.C. Howard & J.E. King Selma J. Mushkin: Deborah Haas-Wilson Margaret Good Myers: Brenda Spotton Visano Maria Negreponti-Delivani: Michalis Psalidopoulos Mabel Newcomer: Jean Shackelford Jessica Blanche Peixotto: Richard A. Lobdell Virginia Penny: Susan H. Gensemer Edith Tilton Penrose: Michael H. Best & Jane Humphries The Philip Family: Niels Kærgård Vera Cao Pinna: Graziella Fornengo Michèle A. Pujol: Robert W. Dimand Eleanor Rathbone: Janet A. Seiz Margaret Gilpin Ried: Evelyn L. Forget Joan Robinson: Zohreh Emami Clémence-Auguste Royer: Evelyn L. Forget Lise Salvas-Bronsard: Robert W. Dimand Koko (Takako) Sanpei: Aiko Ikeo Elizabeth Boody Schumpeter: Richard A. Lobdell Anna Jacobson Schwartz: Michael D. Bordo Nancy L. Schwartz: Morton I. Kamien Hannah Robie Sewall: Claire Holton Hammond Kate Sheppard: Prue Hyman Irene M. Spry: Judith A. Alexander & Karen Shopsowitz Maria Szecsi: Felix Butschek Setsu Tanino: Aiko Ikeo Maria da Conceição Tavares: Mauro Boianovsky Marguerite Thibert: Evelyn L. Forget Mabel Frances Timlin: Robert W. Dimand Cläre Tisch: Harald Hagemann Flora Tristan: Jean Shackelford Mary Abby Van Kleek: Chris Nyland & Mark Rix Priscilla Wakefield: Robert W. Dimand Phyllis Ann Wallace: Evelyn L. Forget Barbara Ward: Christopher K. Ryan & Ramakrishna Vaitheswaran Caroline Farrar Ware: Frederic S. Lee & Warren J. Samuels Beatrice Potter Webb: James P. Henderson Helen Laura Sumner Woodbury: Richard A. Lobdell Maxine Bernard Yaple Sweezy Woolston: Spencer J. Pack Barbara Wootton: Indra Hardeen Frieda Wunderlich: Gary Mongiovi Kikue Yamakawa: Aiko Ikeo Anna Pritchett Youngman: Barbara Libby Irini (Rena) Zafiriou: Michalis Psalidopoulos