Mary van Kleeck was an American social feminist active as a proponent of scientific management and a planned economy.
Education
Kleeck attended Smith College from 1900 to 1904, and became involved in the Smith College Association for Christian Work through which she encountered the Young Women’s Christian Association, with which she remained affiliated for the remainder of her life.
Career
After graduation she worked for the College Settlement Association in Rivington Street, New New York Kleeck gained support from the Russell Sage Foundation shortly after its foundation in 1907, which was the start of a relationship which would last for forty years. From 1928 she was active in the International Industrial Relations Institute, which she co-led with Mary Fleddérus.
In 1944 she co-wrote Technology and Livelihood with Fleddérus.