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. 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.

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