Irene Barnes Taeuber
Irene Barnes Taeuber | |
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Born | |
Died | February 24, 1974 | (aged 67)
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Minnesota |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Demography |
Institutions | Office of Population Research |
Thesis | Changes in the content and presentation of reading material in Minnesota weekly newspapers, 1860-1929 (1931) |
Irene Barnes Taeuber (December 25, 1906 – February 24, 1974) was an American
Life
Irene Barnes was born on December 25, 1906, in Meadville, Missouri. She graduated from the University of Missouri in 1927, earned a master's degree in anthropology from Northwestern University in 1928, and completed her doctorate in sociology from the University of Minnesota in 1931.[1][2] In 1929, while still a student, she married Conrad Taeuber; he and their children Richard and Karl would also become noted demographers.[2]
She took a faculty position at
She died on February 24, 1974, of pneumonia and emphysema.[2]
Contributions
As well as her work on Population Index, Taeuber directed the Census Library Project, a joint effort of the
Taeuber wrote and edited many books and articles,[2] totalling "a dozen influential books and book-length reports and some 250 articles and chapters."[4] But her most significant work was the book The Population of Japan (Princeton University Press, 1958).[1][2][4] Nearly 500 pages long, this book is in seven sections. The first one gives a historical and sociological overview of Japanese life and culture, followed by sections on the
Recognition
Taeuber was elected as a
She was given honorary doctorates by Smith College in 1960, and by the Western College for Women in 1965.[2] The Universities of Missouri and Minnesota also awarded her accomplishments, as did the American Sociological Society, which gave her their Stuart. A. Rice Award in 1972.[1][2] The Irene B. Taeuber Award for research achievements of the Population Association of America is named in her honor.[11]References
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- ^ JSTOR 2733535.
- ^ Conrad Taeuber and Irene Barnes Taeuber, Encyclopædia Britannica, retrieved 2016-07-18.
- ^ a b c Good, Dorothy (August 1974), "Irene Barnes Taeuber 1906–1974" (PDF), Obituaries, Footnotes, American Sociological Association: 10.
- JSTOR 3348752.
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- JSTOR 2574202.
- S2CID 144554193.
- ^ List of ASA Fellows Archived 2016-06-16 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 2016-07-16.
- ^ Award Criteria and Past Recipients: Irene B. Taeuber Award, Population Association of America, retrieved 2016-07-17.
External links
- Taeuber, Irene B. (1906-1974), Papers, 1912-1981, C2158 at the State Historical Society of Missouri
- Taeuber, Irene B. (1943). General Censuses and Vital Statistics in the Americas. United States Bureau of the Census. ISBN 978-0-87917-036-3. Retrieved 24 March 2023.