Dorothy E. Stahl Brady | |
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| Born | (1903-06-14)June 14, 1903 |
| Died | April 17, 1977(1977-04-17) (aged 73) |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley Cornell University Reed College |
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| Fields | Mathematics Economics |
| Institutions | Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania University of Chicago |
| Doctoral advisor | John Hector McDonald |
Dorothy Elizabeth Stahl Brady (June 14, 1903 – April 17, 1977) was an Americanmathematician andeconomist. She was a professor of economics atWharton School of the University of Pennsylvania from 1958 to 1970.[1]
Born inElk River, Minnesota, she grew up inPortland, Oregon, attendingLincoln High School and laterReed College studying mathematics and physics. She was married to fellow Reed studentRobert A. Brady from 1924 to 1936, they had a son in 1933.[2]
Brady earned a master's degree in mathematics fromCornell University in 1926, then worked as an instructor atVassar College, as a research assistant at theNational Bureau of Economic Research, and a studied and taught atNew York University. She went on to complete a Ph.D. in mathematics fromUniversity of California, Berkeley in 1933, and was the 6th woman ever to do so.[2]
Brady went on to a long career in government working for theU.S. Department of Agriculture and theU.S. Department of Labor where she was the chief of the cost of living division from 1944 to 1948, and theBureau of Labor Statistics where she was the chief of division of prices and cost of living in 1953.
She returned to academia as a professor in 1956 at theUniversity of Chicago, was chairman of the graduate group in economic history from 1964 to 1970 at theWharton School of theUniversity of Pennsylvania. She continued to consult to theBureau of Labor Statistics and theSocial Security Administration during her academic tenure.[2]
She received theNational Women's Press Club Award in Economics, and was book review editor of theJournal of Economic History from 1969 to 1974.[2] Brady became aFellow of theAmerican Statistical Association in 1949[3] and Fellow of theEconometric Society in 1950.[4]
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