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, occupation = Economist, writer, professor , years_active = 1908–1952 , era = , employer =

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, ''

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'' , organization = , known_for = , notable_works = ''The Economic Causes of Great Wealth'' , style = , spouse = , partner = , children = , parents = , mother = , father = , relatives = , family = , awards = , website = , module = , module2 = , module3 = , module4 = , module5 = , module6 = , signature = , signature_type = , signature_size = , signature_alt = , footnotes = Anna P. Youngman (died 1974) was an American economist, writer and professor. After earning her doctorate in economics from the

, she joined the faculty of

. She later worked at the

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, then became one of the first two women to work as an editorial writer for ''

''.

Early life

Youngman was raised in

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by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Youngman. She graduated first in her high school class in 1901, winning a scholarship to attend the

, where she earned a PhB in 1905 and PhD in 1908.

Career

In 1908 she became Professor of Economics at Wellesley. In 1909, Youngman published ''The Economic Causes of Great Wealth,'' based on her doctoral dissertation by the same title''.'' In it she contests the idea that such fortunes could be earned, outlining factors outside of personal ability that contribute to the amassing of wealth. A favorable review in ''

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'' said, "Dr. Youngman may take her seat beside

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, who knows how to impress herself upon her times even without voting." She later took leave from Wellesley to work at the

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in New York. From 1924 to 1932, she was an editor at ''

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''. After Eugene Meyer resigned as Fed chair and bought ''

'' in 1933, he hired Youngman as an editorial writer. She and Bett Hooper were the paper's first two women to serve in that capacity. In 1945, while working at the ''Post'', Youngman published ''The Federal System in Wartime'', on the subject of the Federal Reserve's role in financing war production. She retired from the ''Post'' in 1952.

Later life

As of 1954 she lived with her sister at the Marlyn Apartments in Washington, DC. Youngman died in 1974.

References

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