Question

This female economist is considered a prominent researcher. She researched with care and detailed the possible occupations for women. One purpose of her books was to provoke women’s thought and action toward exploring and realizing their employment opportunities. Another purpose was to change people's attitudes regarding the limited availability of jobs for women.

Select one:

a. Millicent Garrett Fawcett

b. Virginia Penny

c. Frances (Fanny) Wright

d. Martineau, Harriet

e. Julie-Victoire Daubié

Answer 1

the answer is (b) Virginia Penny

She was a social reformer and an economist and detailed the possible occupations for women in her book "How women can make money married or single, in all branches of the arts and sciences, professions, trades, agricultural and mechanical pursuits"

She further provoked women’s thought and action toward exploring and realizing their employment opportunities in her book "Think and Act: A Series of Articles Pertaining to Men and Women, Work and Wages "

Thus, she is the female economist being talked about.