Vera Shlakman
Vera Shlakman (July 15, 1909 – November 5, 2017) was a 20th-century American professor of Economics and Marxism and author of a 1935 book on women factory workers. She was best known in 1952 for her firing by Queens College for refusing to testify to the McCarran Committee whether she was a card-carrying Communist, as well as for apology and restitution she received in 1982.
Vera Shlakman | |
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| Born | July 15, 1909 |
| Died | November 5, 2017 (aged 108) |
| Occupation(s) | Economist, professor |
| Years active | 1935–1978 |
| Known for | Firing by Queens College for alleged Communist membership |
| Title | Professor Emerita, Columbia University School of Social Work |
| Academic background | |
| Education | McGill University |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Thesis | An Analysis of Female Factory Workers in 19th-Century Chicopee, Massachusetts (circa 1935) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Economics |
| Sub-discipline | Labor |
| Notable works | Economic History of a Factory Town (1935) (1969) |
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