American Social Scientist of the 20th Century, a Notable Figure in the American Labor Movement, and a Proponent of Scientific Management and a Planned Economy

: An American social scientist of the 20th century. She was a notable figure in the American labor movement as well as a proponent of scientific management and a planned economy. A Dutch American, van Kleeck was a lifelong New Yorker, with the exception of her undergraduate studies at Smith College in Massachusetts. She began her career as part of the settlement movement, investigating women's labor in New York City. (From: Wikipedia.org.)