death_date death_place birth_place nationality name birth_date article_title birth_name occupation alma_mater
08 june 1972 kingston , new york glenham , new york american mary van kleeck june 26 , 1883 mary van kleeck
 mary abby van kleeck social activist smith college
mary van kleeck

mary van kleeck -lrb- june 26 , 1883june 8 , 1972 -rrb- was an american social feminist active as a proponent of scientific management and a planned economy .
kleeck attended smith college from 1900 to 1904 , and became involved in the smith college association for christian work through which she encountered the ywca , with which she remained affiliated for the remainder of her life .
after graduation she worked for the college settlement association in rivington street , 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 .
