Dorothy Brady

Dorothy E. Stahl Brady
Born	June 14, 1903 Elk River, Minnesota
Died	April 17, 1977 (aged 73) Pine Hill, New York
Nationality	American
Fields	Mathematics Economics
Institutions	Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania University of Chicago
Alma mater	University of California, Berkeley Cornell University Reed College
Doctoral advisor	John Hector McDonald
Spouse	Robert A. Brady (m. 1924; div. 1936)

Dorothy Elizabeth Stahl Brady (June 14, 1903 – April 17, 1977) was an American mathematician and economist. She was a professor of economics at Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania from 1958 to 1970.^[1]

Born in Elk River, Minnesota, she grew up in Portland, Oregon, attending Lincoln High School and later Reed College studying mathematics and physics. In June 1924 she married fellow Reed student Robert A. Brady.^[2] The couple divorced in 1936. Brady earned PhD in mathematics from University of California, Berkeley in 1933.

References

1. Easterlin, Richard A. (1978). "Dorothy Stahl Brady, 1903–1977". Journal of Economic History 38 (1): 301–303. JSTOR 2119341.
2. Green, Judy; LaDuke, Jeanne (2009). Pioneering Women in American Mathematics: The Pre-1940 PhDs. American Mathematical Society. pp. 147–48. ISBN 978-0-8218-4376-5.