Louise Overacker

Louise Overacker
Born	(1891-11-18)November 18, 1891 Centreville, California
Died	April 26, 1982(1982-04-26) (aged 90) Los Gatos, California
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Stanford University University of Chicago
Awards	John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship
Scientific career
Fields	Political science
Institutions	Bureau of Efficiency YMCA Wilson College Wellesley College University of California, Los Angeles Inter-American University
Doctoral advisor	Charles Edward Merriam

Louise Overacker (November 18, 1891—April 26, 1982) was an American political scientist. She specialized in the study of money in politics, United States presidential primaries, and comparative party systems, particularly those of Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. She was one of the first professors to teach government at Wellesley College, where she was a faculty member from 1925 until 1957, and helped to establish the Wellesley Department of Political Science in 1940.