Barbara Bergmann : an intellectual biography /

This book provides unique insight into the influential and impactful working life of Barbara Bergmann. It charts her life and career to contextualize her early work on racial and gender discrimination within the labour market, as well as her analysis of the traditional gendered division of labor wit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Becchio, Giandomenica (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2026.
Series:	Great thinkers in economics series,
Subjects:	Bergmann, Barbara R. Economics > History. Feminist economics. Women economists > United States > Biography. Économie politique > Histoire. Économie féministe. Femmes économistes > États-Unis > Biographies. Feminist economics Electronic books.

Table of Contents:

Chapter 01: Introduction: A Life in Economics, Feminism, and Public Engagement
Chapter 02: Feminist, economist, activist
Chapter 03: Race and sex in the job market
Chapter 04: Marriage and family
Chapter 05: Advocating new methods for economics
Chapter 06: Between feminist economics and institutionalism
Chapter 07: Changing peoples' life
Chapter 08: Spreading a progressive agenda outside academia
Chapter 09: Reminiscences and legacy
Chapter 10: Bergmann's place in the history of economic thought.