Social Science

In the 25 entries is information about a pioneer advocate of federal aid to irrigation in the American West, author of expose of corrupt Internal Revenue practices, initiator of programs to improve conditions in Southern rural schools, an advocate of application of science to the improvement of social life, pioneer of economic theory for forecasting business fluctuations and for assessing effects of various economic policy measures, one of the first Native Americans to achieve a notable scholarly career, one of the first to create a modern scientific opinion poll, developer of recognition of right of freedom of expression by academics, and introducer of definition of criminal to include “white collar crime”; three authors of widely-used textbooks, two economic consultants to U.S. Congress, one of 12 most notable women in 1931 national magazine poll, one who appeared on cover of Time, one recipient of Joseph Wood Krutch Medal and one of Woodrow Wilson Prize, one elected to National Academy of Sciences, two recipients of Pulitzer Prize, and one of Nobel Prize.

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