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Mary Whiton Calkins

Mary Whiton Calkins

Mary Whiton Calkins was born on Mach 30, 1963 (White, 2010). Calkins was born in Hartford, Connecticut but grew up in Newton, Massachusetts. She is the eldest of five children and was extremely close to her family (Cherry, 2011). Her father was a Presbyterian minister, who believed in well rounded education (White, 2010). He knew about the education that women received back then and decided to supervise Calkins education. This allowed her to enter Smith College in 1882. She did not have any kids or spouse because she believed that she needed to have all her attention on her career to succeed. She later passed away in 1930 from cancer (Psych E-Newsletter, 2011).

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teaching psychology. Unfortunately, she struggled tremendously. There were few places for women to work or even graduate in psychology (Bumb,n.d). Calkins was invited to sit-in on William James and Josiah Royce lectures on a strictly casual basis at the Harvard University. On October 1, 1980 Calkins was allowed to attend the seminars of James and Royce but had to accept the terms that she was only allowed to be admitted as a guest and not allowed to become a student of the University. (Bumb,n.d). In 1895 she returned to Wellesley College where she got the opportunity to be an Associate Professor of Psychology and later was promoted to a Professor. She wrote four books, Including, An introduction into Psychology in 1901, The Persistent Problems of Philosophy in 1907, and The Good Man and the Good in 1918. She also published an article on children. In 1905, she was elected as president of the American Psychological Association and in 1918; she was elected the President of the ...

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Added: 2/23/2014 10:03:51 PM
Submitted By: bnm30
Category: Psychology
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 763
Pages: 3

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