Barbara Bergmann

Barbara Bergmann
Born
Barbara Rose Bergmann

(1927-07-20)20 July 1927
The Bronx, New York, U.S.
Died5 April 2015(2015-04-05) (aged 87)
Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
SpouseFred Bergmann
Academic career
FieldEconomics, Feminist economics
InstitutionBrandeis University
Brookings Institution
University of Maryland
American University
Alma materCornell University, Harvard University
InfluencesGunnar Myrdal
Awards2004 Carolyn Shaw Bell Award

Barbara Rose Bergmann (20 July 1927 – 5 April 2015)[1][2] was a feminist economist. Her work covers many topics from childcare and gender issues to poverty and Social Security. Bergmann was a co-founder and president of the International Association for Feminist Economics, a trustee of the Economists for Peace and Security, and Professor Emerita of Economics at the University of Maryland and American University.

  1. ^ Cicarelli, James; Cicarelli, Julianne, eds. (2003), "Barbara Rose Bergmann (1927–)", Distinguished women economists, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, pp. 26–30, ISBN 9780313303319
  2. ^ Schwartzapril, Nelson D. (11 April 2015). "Barbara Bergmann, trailblazer for study of gender in economics, is dead at 87". The New York Times. New York. Retrieved 12 April 2015.