of women who made significant contributions to economics. It sheds new light on the rich, but too often neglected …, heritage of women's analysis of economic issues and participation in the discipline of economics. In addition to those who … wrote in English, some notable Danish, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Russian and Swedish women economists …

This new and expanded edition of a classic work draws our attention to the often neglected role women have played in … the development of economics. The work and intellectual history of eight prominent women economists of the eighteenth to … twentieth centuries are studied to reveal how they strove to become successful contributors to economic science. These women …