Background
Ferber, Marianne Abeles was born on January 30, 1923 in Mirkov, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia. Came to the United States, 1944.
Ferber, Marianne Abeles was born on January 30, 1923 in Mirkov, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia. Came to the United States, 1944.
Bachelor, McMaster University, 1944. Master of Arts, University Chicago, 1946. Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1954.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Eastern Illinois University, 2002.
Economist, Standard Oil (New Jersey), New York City, 1944-1946; lecturer, Hunter College, New York City, 1945-1946; director women's studies, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1980-1983, 91-93; from assistant professor to full professor, University of Illinois, Urbana, since 1954. Matina S. Horner Distinguished Visiting professor Radcliffe College, since 1993.
President League of Women Voters, Champaign County, Illinois, 1954. Chair University Young Women’s Christian Association, Urbana, 1957. Member American Economic Association (committee status women 1975-1978), Midwest Economic Association (president 1987-1988), American Statistics Association (chair committee status women 1979-1980), Industrial and Labor Relations Association, International Association Feminist Economists (president 1995-1996).
Daughter of Karl and Elsa (Ornstein) Abeles. Widowed; children: Don R., Ellen J.