Английская Википедия:Clara Eliot

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Шаблон:Short description Clara Eliot (1896 – January 17, 1976) was an economist known for her work in consumer economics. She taught economics at Barnard College for many years.Шаблон:R

Biography

Eliot was born in 1896,Шаблон:R the granddaughter of Thomas Lamb Eliot and part of a prominent Unitarian branch of the Eliot family.Шаблон:R She did her undergraduate studies at Reed College, which her grandfather had founded, graduating in 1917. She taught at Mills College from 1917 to 1918, and then worked as an assistant to Yale economist Irving Fisher from 1918 to 1920.Шаблон:R She also worked as an elementary school teacher; one of her students from this time, Margaret E. Martin, grew up to become a noted economist.Шаблон:R

As a graduate student in economics at Columbia University, Eliot met educational psychologist Robert Bruce Raup; they married in 1924,Шаблон:R but Eliot continued to use her maiden name for professional purposes. She completed her doctorate in 1926, and became a faculty member at Barnard College.Шаблон:R When her daughter Joan was born in 1926, she became the first woman at Barnard to obtain a maternity leave.Шаблон:R

Eliot is the author of the book The Farmer's Campaign for Credit (1927),Шаблон:RШаблон:Ran "a study of basic issues in credit theory as they were involved in United States agricultural policies early in this century".Шаблон:R In the 1950s she tackled feminist issues with publications about the economic situation of widows (increasingly common after reductions in the rate of pregnancy-related deaths)Шаблон:Ran and about the economics of marriage.Шаблон:Ran

Eliot's daughter Joan R. Rosenblatt became a noted statistician.Шаблон:R Another daughter, Charlotte, married Columbia University historian Lawrence A. Cremin.Шаблон:R