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 …

The @Status of Women in Classical Economic Thought is the first volume to explore how the classical economists … explained the status of women in society. As the essays show, the focus of the classical school was not nearly as limited to the … contemporary economic debates regarding women's status. The classical school specified a number of fundamental research themes …