The first woman in my degree by Alfonso Recina

Edith Abbott

maxdelacruz660 — 2025-09-16 21:34:38 UTC

Personal information

maxdelacruz660 — 2025-09-16 21:52:43 UTC

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

Education

maxdelacruz660 — 2025-09-16 21:55:14 UTC

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.

Professional career

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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.

Legacy

maxdelacruz660 — 2025-09-16 21:59:53 UTC

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.

Women in Mexico have graduated from that degree.

maxdelacruz660 — 2025-09-16 22:10:52 UTC

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%).

References

maxdelacruz660 — 2025-09-16 22:17:03 UTC

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