Gertrude Coogan

Gertrude Margaret Coogan (b. 29 January 1898 in Lincoln, Logan, Illinois; d. 15 July 1986 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois) was an American economist and the author of the Money Creators (1935).

Life

Gertrude Coogan was awarded a Masters degree in Economics and Finance from Northwestern University. She worked for eight years as a security analyst for The Northern Trust Company of Chicago. She became an economic advisor to famed radio priest Father Coughlin. Later she became a major spokesperson for the California 'Ham and Eggs' pension movement. She has been labeled a conspiracy theorist who believed the origins of the Federal Reserve System can be traced back to the Illuminati and Adam Weishaupt. Her book Money Creators was distributed widely by right-wing populist groups in the 1970s by Liberty Lobby, Christian Nationalist Crusade and National States Rights Party.

Mass for Gertrude M. Coogan, 88, an investment counselor practicing in Chicago since the 1920's, will be said at 11 a.m. Saturday in Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 1415 N. North Park Ave. Miss Coogan died Tuesday in Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center. She was the first woman to receive a masters degree in business administration from Northwestern University, and she received the degree with special honors in 1922. She first worked at the Northern Trust Bank, and in the late 1920s, she opened a private investment counseling practice. She maintained an office at 135 S. LaSalle St. until 1985. She wrote two books, "Money Creators" and "Lawful Money Explained," and was one of the founders of the Analysts Club, a national group. Born in Lincoln, Ill., she lived most of her life at 1445 N. State Pkwy.

Works (excerpt)

• Money Creators, 1935
• Lawful Money Explained: How to Win Back your America, 1939 (65 pages)

Further reading

• Gary North: Gertrude Coogan's Bluff – Greenback Populism as Conservative Economics, 2010