Jane Perry Clark Carey (September 16, 1898 – October 24, 1981)[1] was an American political scientist and consultant to the Federal Government specializing in displaced persons and refugees.
[2] Jane Perry Clark was born in Washington and raised in New York City[2] in a progressive household deeply engaged in social and political discourse.
Growing up in a politically charged environment, she was exposed to a wide range of ideologies, which laid the foundation for her future academic pursuits.
Beginning in 1944, during World War II, Carey served as an assistant adviser to the U.S. Department of State on displaced persons and refugees, a role she held until 1946, when she was promoted to consultant.
[1] Carey wrote extensively on migration studies and the complexities of post-war reconstruction, including in the books Deportation of Aliens from the United States to Europe (1931) and The Role of Uprooted People in European Recovery (1948).