Agatha Chapman
Agatha Chapman (6 May 1907 – 17 October 1963) was an economist at the Canadian Bureau of National Statistics from 1942-47. She was the only female to attend the first United Nations Sub-Committee on National Income Statistics in December 1945, which led to the United Nations System of National Accounts. [1] She so impressed Richard Stone with her grasp of national accounting that he insisted her name be added to the official report of the meeting. [2] After her acquittal for 'aiding Soviet spies' in the Gouzenko affair, [3] often credited as a triggering event for the Cold War, [4] she was ostracized from the Canadian Civil Service. [2]
She went on to spend three years at Cambridge University when it was the epicentre of postwar national accounting. In 1953 her book, a study of British wages and salaries in the interwar period, was published by Cambridge University Press. She returned to Canada, where she committed suicide on 17 October 1963. [2]
Works
- Agatha L. Chapman, Wages and salaries in the United Kingdom, 1920-1938 (1953)
References
- ^ "Sub-committee on National Income Statistics, 1947. Measurement of National Income and the construction of social accounts" (PDF). United Nations. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
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(help) - ^ a b c "The trial and tribulations of Miss Agatha Chapman: statistics in a Cold War climate". The Free Library. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
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(help) - ^ Knight, Amy (2007). How the Cold War Began: The Igor Gouzenko Affair and the Hunt for Soviet Spies. Carroll & Graf. ISBN 978-0-7867-1938-9.
- ^ "Soviet Defector Believed Beginner of Cold War". Toledo Blade. 25 December 1984. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
External links
- A biographical dictionary of women economists. Edward Elgar. 2000.
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