With a new preface by Janet Seiz
Contents: Introduction Part I: Some Approaches to the Economic
Status of Women Before 1890 1. Adam Smith, John Stuart Mill,
Harriet Taylor and Barbara Bodichon Part II: The Equal Pay Debates:
1890–1923 2. Introduction 3. Early Approaches by Economists and
Feminists to Equal Pay, 1890–1914 4. Feminist Positions on Equal
Pay for Equal Work During World War I 5. The Impending ‘Debacle’:
Edgeworth on Equal Pay 6. Conclusion Part III: Women in the
Economics of Marshall and Pigou 7. Introduction 8. Gender and Class
in Marshall’s ‘Principles of Economics’ 9. The ‘Violent Paradoxes’
of A.C. Pigou: Pigouvian Exploitation and Women’s Wages 10. The
‘Violent Paradoxes’ of A.C. Pigou: Women in Pigou’s Welfare System
Conclusion
The late Michèle A. Pujol, formerly Assistant Professor, Women’s Studies Programme, University of Victoria, Canada
'This is a book the generalist will want in the university library,
if not on the shelf.’
*Bette Polkinghorn, Journal of the History of Economic Thought*
'Pujol's book is path-breaking, scholarly and well written. In
short review, it is not possible to capture the full force of her
arguments and the enormous contribution she makes to the feminist
critique of economic thought.'
*Paulette Olson, Journal of Economic Issues*
'This book, the first of its kind, critically evaluates the place
of women in the development of the neoclassical school of
economics. It traces the origin of the school's approach to women
and exposes the bias in methodology and discourse which has
characterized the school's treatment of women and their place in
the capitalist economy.'
*J. Purvis, Studies on Women Abstracts*
'Pujol performs a considerable service in disinterring early
feminist writing on economic matters.'
*J.R. Shackleton, The Economic Journal*
'Michele Pujol's work impresses me as sound and scholarly, and it
makes an important contribution to knowledge, since she deals with
material that has not previously been examined. Her work is well
written and meets the need for a feminist approach to the history
of economics.'
*Robert W. Dimand, Brock University, Canada*
'. . . a thoughtful and well-documented book.'
*Marianne A. Ferber, Journal of Economic Literature*
'Dr Pujol knows her subject well and has produced a
thought-provoking book which will be of interest to labour
economists and historians of economic thought. It could be usefully
used in advanced undergraduate history of thought courses.'
*Carol Padgett, Reviewing Sociology*
'Readers will find in this book a wealth of valuable information
which illuminates the strategic role of gender differentiation and
gender hegemony in the dominant models of economic theory'.
*Ursula Vogel, Political Studies*
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