Martha Steffy Browne Explained

Martha Steffy Browne (anglicized from Martha Stephanie Braun née Herrmann; 12 December 1898 – 2 March 1990) was an Austrian American economist. A student of Ludwig von Mises, she earned a doctorate in political economy in 1921 from the University of Vienna, one of the first women to do so.^[1] Of Jewish descent, Browne emigrated to the United States in 1939, later becoming a professor of economics at Brooklyn College (1947–1969).^{[2] [3]}

External links

• • Memorial website at University of Vienna

Notes and References

1. Hansjoerg . Klausinger . Academic Anti-Semitism and the Austrian School: Vienna, 1918–1945 . Atlantic Economic Journal . 2014 . 42 . 2 . 191–204 . 10.1007/s11293-014-9410-x . 154581753 .
2. Book: Leischko, Harriet . Braun, Martha Stephanie . Wissenschafterinnen in und aus Österreich: Leben – Werk – Wirken . Vienna . Böhlau Verlag . 2002 . 92–95 . 9783205994671 . https://books.google.com/books?id=SqA9KYK7keYC&pg=PA92 .
3. News: M. Steffy Browne, Economics Professor, 91 . . March 5, 1990 .