Eveline M. Burns
Eveline Mabel Richardson Burns (March 16, 1900 – September 2, 1985) was an American economist, writer and instructor.
Born Eveline Mabel Richardson in London, England, she was the only child of Eveline Maud Falkner and Frederick Haig Richardson. Her mother died following her birth, so her father remarried and had three more children. Eveline attended Seatham Secondary School, then entered the London School of Economics at age 16 and graduated in 1920, earning a B.S. with first class honors.[1] In 1922 she married the economist Arthur Robert Burns and the couple emigrated to the United States. After the award of her Ph.D. in 1926, she gained a Laura Spelman Rockefeller Fellowship. She and her husband traveled the country for two years while writing The Economic World.[2]
She became professor of Social Work at
From 1953 to 1954 she was vice-president and president of the American Economic Association. In 1954 she was awarded the Adam Smith Medal for outstanding economic research. The same year she received a Guggenheim Fellowship. Between 1950 and 1958, she held various posts in the National Conference on Social Welfare. In 1968 she was given the Blanche Ittelson Award.[2]
During her career she published multiple works on
Bibliography
- The American Social Security System, 1949
- Private and social insurance and the problem of social security, Canadian Welfare Association, 1953.
- Social Security and Public Policy, 1956.
- Toward Social Security: An Explanation of the Social Security Act and a Survey of the Larger Issues, 1936
- Wages and the state: a comparative study of the problems of state wage regulation, P. S. King, 1926.
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-674-01488-6.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-403-09950-4.
- doi:10.1086/256176.
- JSTOR 30014356.
External links
- "Eveline Burns (1900-1985)". NASW Social Work Pioneers. NASW Foundation. Retrieved 2011-05-10.
- Security, Work, and Relief Policies, 1942
- Finding aid for the Eveline Burns papers at the Social Welfare History Archives, University of Minnesota Libraries.
- Finding aid to the Eveline Mabel Richardson Burns papers at Columbia University. Rare Book & Manuscript Library