Hazel Kyrk

Hazel Kyrk
Born 1886
Ashley, Ohio
Died 1957
West Dover, Vermont
Nationality American
Alma mater University of Chicago
Influences James A. Field
Influenced Margaret G. Reid

Hazel Kyrk (1886 – 1957) was an American economist.

Biography

Early years

Hazel Kyrk was born in 1886 in Ashley, Ohio. She was the only child of Elmer Kryk, a drayman, and Jane Kyrk, a homemaker.

She attended Ohio Wesleyan University from 1904 to 1906. She later received a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago. Her dissertation was published as A Theory of Consumption in (1923).[1][2][3]

Career

Kyrk served as principal economist in the United States Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Home Economics between 1938 and 1941. While there, she helped create the Bureau's Consumer Purchases Study. It established consumer patterns in five different regions, each subdivided into urban, village, and farm divisions. The study determined the base prices for the cost-of-living index.[1]

In 1943 Kyrk was appointed as chair of the Consumer Advisory Committee to the Office of Price Administration. She argued for better standards in consumer goods and urged a slower rate of price decontrol.[1]

Death and legacy

Hazel Kyrk died in 1957 West Dover, Vermont.

Works

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 Nelson, Elizabeth. "Kyrk, Hazel". Notable American Women: The Modern Period. Credo Reference. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  2. van Velzen, Susan. "Hazel Kyrk and the ethics of consumption". Toward a Feminist Philosophy of Economics. Psychology Press. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  3. Kiss, D. Elizabeth. "On the Contribution of Hazel Kyrk to Family Economics". Retrieved 29 October 2012.
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