Marianne Ferber

Marianne Ferber
Born
Marianne A. Ferber

(1923-01-30)30 January 1923
DiedMay 11, 2013(2013-05-11) (aged 90)
NationalityAmerican
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Chicago
Academic work
DisciplineFeminist economics
InstitutionsUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
AwardsCarolyn Shaw Bell Award, 2001

Marianne A. Ferber (January 30, 1923 May 11, 2013) was an American feminist economist and the author of many books and articles on the subject of women's work, the family, and the construction of gender. She held a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.

She was most noted for her work as co-editor with Julie A. Nelson of the influential anthology Beyond Economic Man: Feminist Theory and Economics and her book The Economics of Women, Men and Work, co-authored with Francine D. Blau and Anne Winkler.