Carolyn Shaw Bell

Carolyn Shaw Bell (June 21, 1920 – May 13, 2006) was the Katharine Coman professor in economics at Wellesley College known for her mentorship of her own students' careers, as well as mentorship of female economists more broadly, through the efforts of the Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession, of which she was founding chair.

Carolyn Shaw Bell
Bell in 1986
BornJune 21, 1920
Framingham, Massachusetts
DiedMay 13, 2006
Arlington, Virginia
Alma mater
  • Mount Holyoke College
  • London School of Economics
Known forMentoring American women economists
AwardsHonorary doctorate from Denison University, 1988
The Carolyn Shaw Bell Award of the American Economic Association is named in her honor
Scientific career
FieldsEconomics
InstitutionsWellesley College

The Carolyn Shaw Bell Award, also called the “Bell Award”, given by the American Economic Association each year since 1998 to economists who promote the success of women in the profession, is named for her.

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