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Devinatz, Dr Victor G. (2019). A U.S. Woman Industrial Relations Pioneer and "Mother of Arbitration": The Life and Times of Jean T. McKelvey. Labor Law Journal, 64-74.

This journal article will be used primarily in the ‘Lead’, ‘Education’ and ‘Career’ sections. It provides a detailed overview of McKelvey’s early life, formal education at Wellsley and Radcliffe College and faculty experiences at Sarah Lawrence and Cornell. Notably there are specific examples which contextualise McKelvey’s career focus on harbouring collective good through arbitration, such as unionisation, collective bargaining in trade and implementation of training programs which support minorities. This source is valuable as it is from a peer-reviewed journal with a specific focus in economics and labor which improves its reliability.

Cicarelli, J., & Cicarelli, J. (2003). Distinguished Women Economists. Greenwood Publishing Group.

This co-authored book will be used primarily in the ‘Career’, ‘Research’ and ‘Honours & Awards’ sections. A section provides a summary of McKelvey’s career trajectory including positions held, published research and awards amassed. Interestingly, this book critiques the socialist and feasibility aspects of McKelvey’s policy recommendations. This source is useful as it provides a comprehensive and balanced view of McKelvey’s contributions and being independent improves its reliability.

Robert W. Dimand, Mary Ann Dimand and Evelyn L. Forget. (2000). A Biographical Dictionary of Women Economists. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.

This multi-authored book will be used primarily in the ‘Lead’ and ‘Career’ sections. A section dedicated to McKelvey mainly covers her early personal life and education and published works such as The Duty of Fair Representation (1977) and Cleared for Takeoff: Airline Labor Relations Since Deregulation (1988) and their impact on her career trajectory and the industry more broadly. Most significantly, this book touches on the systemic barriers that impede a woman’s contributions in the field of economics and reflect on the true value of their contributions from a modern perspective. This source is useful as includes information from over 50 contributors all with an economics background which improves the insights generated as well as its reliability.

Saxon, W. (1998). Jean McKelvey, 89, Professor and Labor Arbitration Expert. Retrieved from the New York Times website:  https://www.nytimes.com/1998/01/14/nyregion/jean-mckelvey-89-professor-and-labor-arbitration-expert.html 

This article will be used primarily in the ‘Education’, ‘Career’ and ‘Honours & Awards’ sections. It provides an in-depth examination of the legacy that McKelvey provided through the development of curriculum and training programs which enabled greater diversity and inclusion in the industry. Furthermore, this article notes the chronological order of published research and accolades amassed. This source is valuable as includes primary information from both Sarah Lawrence and Cornell University archives which improve its reliability.

Gray, L., Netufeld, M., Gross, J. (2020). Jean McKelvey: Cornell University Memorial Statement. Retrieved from the Cornell ILR School website: https://www.ilr.cornell.edu/about-ilr/founding-faculty/jean-mckelvey

This multi-authored article will be used primarily in the ‘Education’, ‘Career’ and ‘Research’ sections. It provides a comprehensive path from McKelvey’s formal education including her PHD study which led to her fruitful teaching career. Notably, this article includes McKelvey’s contributions post-retirement including her labor relations conferences and creation of campus credit industrial relations courses. This source is esteemed as it contains primary information from sources who knew McKelvey and records from the ILR archives which improves its reliability.

= Jean Trepp McKelvey =

Jean Trepp McKelvey (February 9, 1908 – January 5, 1998) was an American economist specialising in arbitration and industrial relations. McKelvey was an esteemed tenure professor at Sarah Lawrence College (1932 – 1945) and Cornell University (1945 – 1976) where at the latter she was a founding faculty member for the School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR School), developing the curriculum and teaching five courses including arbitration, labor law and labor practices. Coined the “mother of arbitration”, in 1947 McKelvey was the first woman admitted to the National Academy of Arbitrators, in 1970 became its first woman president and established an arbitration training program for women and minorities. In addition to her successful published research career, McKelvey served on the New York State Board of Mediation (1955 – 1966) and Federal Services Impasses Panel (1979 – 1990) and received numerous accolades including the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service's Special Award for Distinguished Service in Labor Management Relations (1973) and Arbitrator of the Year Award from the American Arbitration Association (1983).

Education
McKelvey graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Wellesley College in 1929. As a distinguished scholar in liberal arts and science as well as demonstrating "good moral character", in her senior year she was elected Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest and arguably the most prestigious academic honour society in the United States.

She went onto receive her Master of Arts degree in 1931 and her Doctor of Philosophy in 1933 jointly from Radcliffe College. Her doctoral thesis titled "AFL Attitudes Toward Production, 1900 – 1932", dealt with trade union interest in productivity. Her thesis primarily proposed that the American Federation of Labor ???

Career
McKelvey was an arbitration and industrial relations economist. Over her career, her research has been in the domain of macroeconomic activity, including monetary policy, inflation and in the United States.

Works & Publications
McKelvey was a productive scholar, publishing several books, articles and monographs. With her collective work exhibited by a number of prestigious publications include X Y AND Z (linked), McKelvey's literary legacy? impact? demonstrates considerable authority on the subject matter??? contributions??? producing???

List of published work

 * Collective bargaining in the federal sector

'Cleared for Takeoff: Airline Labor Relations Since Deregulation '' (I.L.R. Press, 1988),

The Changing Law of Fair Representation (I.L.R., 1985),

 New Challenges to Arbitration  (I.L.R., 1977) and  A.F.L. Attitudes Toward Production, 1900-1932  (Greenwood, 1974).

Honours & Awards
Category:1908 births Category:1998 deaths Category:Wellesley College alumni Category:Radcliffe College alumni Category:Sarah Lawrence College faculty Category:Cornell University faculty Category:American economists Category:American women economists