Historical FigureFemale
Emily Greene Balchová
1867 – 1961
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryEmily Greene Balch was an American economist, sociologist and pacifist. Balch combined an academic career at Wellesley College with a long-standing interest in social issues such as poverty, child labor, and immigration, as well as settlement work to uplift poor immigrants and reduce juvenile delinquency.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
January 8, 1867
Jamaica Plain
Date of death
January 9, 1961
Cambridge
Citizenship
United States
Occupations & fields
economistpedagogueuniversity teachersociologisttrade unionistjournalist
Awards & honours
Nobel Peace Prize
- Field and occupation
- americká ekonómka a spisovateľka, nobelistka (1867 – 1961)
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