Marianne Ferber

Marianne Ferber
Born
Marianne A. Ferber

(1923-01-30)30 January 1923
DiedMay 11, 2013(2013-05-11) (aged 90)
NationalityAmerican
Academic career
FieldFeminist economics
InstitutionUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Alma materUniversity of Chicago
AwardsCarolyn Shaw Bell Award, 2001

Marianne A. Ferber (January 30, 1923 – May 11, 2013)[1] was an American feminist economist and the author of many books and articles on the subject of women's work, the family, and the construction of gender. She held a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.

She was most noted for her work as co-editor with Julie A. Nelson of the influential anthology Beyond Economic Man: Feminist Theory and Economics and her book The Economics of Women, Men and Work, co-authored with Francine D. Blau and Anne Winkler.

  1. ^ "Deaths, May 16, 2013 | Inside Illinois | News Bureau | University of Illinois". Archived from the original on 2015-12-29. Retrieved 2013-06-17.