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Date of Birth: September 26, 1876

Place of Birth: Grand Island, Nebraska, USA

Date of Death: July 28, 1957

Place of Death: Grand Island, Nebraska, USA

Marital Status: Single

Children: None

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University of Nebraska: Began studies via correspondence courses and summer sessions, graduated in 1901

University of Chicago: Earned a Ph.D. in Economics in 1905

Studies Abroad: Studied at University College London and the London School of Economics on a Carnegie fellowship.

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First Job: High school teacher in Grand Island due to family financial situation.

Wellesley College: Taught economics after completing her doctorate.

Hull House, Chicago: Joined her sister Grace at this social reform and welfare institution.

School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago: Became dean in 1924, the first woman to lead a graduate school in the U.S.

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She paved the way for women in higher education and leadership. As dean of the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago, she promoted women’s inclusion in economic research and social policy. Through her teaching and work on the Social Security Act of 1935, she showed how economics can improve social conditions, inspiring women to pursue careers in economics and social work.

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Women in Mexico have graduated from that degree. 

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Women in Mexico have graduated from that degree. 

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Since there's not enough data about BGB or entrepreneurship, which are the two options I'm thinking of studying, I picked the one Edith Abbott graduated in, which was economics.

INEGI stats show that According to the 2020 National Survey of Occupation and Employment, Mexico has 256,000 people trained in Economics (56%), as well as in Finance, Banking, and Insurance (44%).

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Encyclopaedia Britannica. (2025). Edith Abbott. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edith-Abbott

The University of Chicago. (2025). Edith Abbott. Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice. https://crownschool.uchicago.edu/about/history/edith-abbott

INEGI. (2020). Estadísticas sobre las personas formadas en economía y en finanzas, banca y seguros en México. INEGI. https://www.inegi.org.mx/contenidos/saladeprensa/aproposito/2020/EAP_EconFin.pdf