ABSTRACT
This chapter examines women economists in the colleges and the strategies they developed to ensure strong economics programs in their institutions, to train young women in economics, to push their institutions to accommodate their research commitments, and to use their research to influence policy at the local, national, and international levels. The colleges that had the strongest economics departments and the most consistent support for women economists by the 1920s included Barnard under Emilie Hutchinson, Bryn Mawr under Susan Kingsbury, Mount Holyoke under Amy Hewes, Goucher under Elinor Pancoast, Smith under Esther Lowenthal, and Vassar under Mabel Newcomer. Pancoast's approach to teaching economics and interacting with students suggests a broad understanding of the impact of a changing economy on both the working poor and the middle class. Although college women economists found significantly fewer resources than their colleagues in the research universities, they continued to be productive scholars.
