Died 1961-01-09.
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Emily Greene Balch
Emily 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.
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culture · American economist, academic, and Nobel Laureate · economist · pedagogue · university teacher · sociologist · trade unionist · journalist · peace activist · writer · pacifist · also Emily Greene Balch, Emily G. Balch, Emily Balch, Balch
Born 8 January 1867 · Died 9 January 1961 · Q215139
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1961· 1 entry
1946· 2 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Peace — for her lifelong work for the cause of peace.
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Awarded Nobel Peace Prize (1946).
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1919· 1 entry
Balch played a central role in the International Congress of Women
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1914· 1 entry
And began collaborating with Jane Addams of Chicago
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1913· 1 entry
Was appointed to serve as Professor of Economics at Wellesley, following the resignation of political economist Katharine Coman, who had founded the department
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1889· 2 entries
Studied at Bryn Mawr College (1889).
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After reading widely in the classics and languages and focusing on economics
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1867· 1 entry
Born 1867-01-08.
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