Heidi Hartmann
Heidi Hartmann | |
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| Born | Heidi Irmgard Victoria Hartmann August 14, 1945 Elizabeth, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Swarthmore College (BA) Yale University (MPhil, PhD) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Feminist economics |
| Awards | MacArthur Fellowship (1994) |
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Thesis Capitalism and women's work in the home, 1900-1930. (1974) | |
Heidi Irmgard Victoria Hartmann (born August 14, 1945) is an American feminist economist who is founder and president emerita of the Washington-based Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR), a research organization created to conduct women-centered, public policy research. She retired from her position as President and CEO in 2019.
Hartmann is an expert on the intersection of women, economics and public policy. She is also a Distinguished Economist in Residence at American University, a nonresident fellow at the Urban Institute, a research fellow at the Institute for Economic Equity at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, and editor of the Journal of Women, Politics & Policy.