Clara Collet

Clara Collet
Born10 September 1860
Died3 August 1948 (aged 87)
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Economist, civil servant

Clara Collet (10 September 1860 – 3 August 1948)[1][2][3] was a British economist and civil servant. She was one of the first women graduates from the University of London and was pivotal in many reforms which greatly improved working conditions and pay for women during the early part of the twentieth century. She is also noted for the collection of statistical and descriptive evidence on the life of working women and poor people in London and elsewhere in England.

  1. ^ Doughan, David. "Collet, Clara Elizabeth". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/42336. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ 'McDonald, Deborah, 'Clara Collet 1860-1948: An Educated Working Woman', Woburn Press 2004 ISBN 978-0-7130-4060-9
  3. ^ "Chronology". Clara-Collet.co.uk. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.