Trude Scarlett Epstein (1922 – 27 April 2014), née Grünwald, was a British-Austrian social anthropologist and

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. Born in

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to a Jewish family, she became a refugee following the Nazi annexation of Austria and settled in Britain. There she completed a PhD in economics under the supervision of social anthropologist

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, the founder of the "Manchester School". Described as one of the "pioneers" of development studies, her work focused in particular on rural economies and women's activities, and drew on fieldwork in

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and

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. She was married to social anthropologist Bill Epstein.

Selected bibliography

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Arnold Leonard and T. Scarlett Epstein Papers
at the Online Archive of California 1922 births 2014 deaths Jewish emigrants from Austria after the Anschluss to the United Kingdom Social anthropologists British development economists Alumni of the University of Manchester British anthropologists British women anthropologists British women economists {{Anthropologist-stub