Katharine Coman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Katharine Coman

American economist

Date of Birth: 23-Nov-1857

Place of Birth: Newark, Ohio, United States

Date of Death: 11-Jan-1915

Profession: writer, economist, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Katharine Ellis Coman ((1857-11-23)November 23, 1857 – (1915-01-11)January 11, 1915) was an American historian, economist, sociologist, educator, and social activist.
Coman worked at Wellesley College for 35 years as an instructor, professor, and dean.
Believing that the field of political economy could be harnessed to solve the pressing social problems of the day, Coman created new courses in the discipline.
She specialized in research and teaching about the development of the American West, and British and American industrialism.
In her work, she criticized capitalism and supported the labor movement.
She wrote the first history of American industry as well as the first paper published in The American Economic Review.
She was the first female statistics professor in the US and the only woman co-founder of the American Economics Association.
Throughout her life, she traveled widely to conduct her economics research.
A social activist, Coman supported the settlement movement and the labor movement.
She shared a home with poet Katharine Lee Bates for 25 years, and the two women often traveled together.
Coman died of breast cancer in 1915.
Wellesley College created the Katharine Coman Professorship of Industrial History in her honor.