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At Wellesley College, Calkins established the first psychological laboratory for women. She was the first woman to complete the requirements for a doctoral degree in psychology with the unanimous support of the Harvard University psychology faculty, although the university refused to bestow it on the grounds that Harvard did not accept women.
At the same time, she gave lectures to women in the United States and England about the importance of educating women and the profession of medicine for women. [6] In the audience at one of her lectures in England, was a woman named Elizabeth Garrett Anderson , who later became the first woman doctor in England, in 1865.
She was the first Hispanic woman to receive a doctorate in psychology in the United States. [1] Although Bernal's clinical work focused on the assessment and treatment of children with behavioral problems, she also developed organizations with a strong focus on minority ethnic groups.
While Prosser is frequently referred to as the first African-American woman to earn a PhD in Psychology, others believe that Ruth Winifred Howard (1900–1997) was the first. Those who argue that Howard, earning PhD at the University of Minnesota in 1934, is the first African-American woman to earn a PhD, hold the view that a psychologist is ...
Georgia Neese Clark Gray was the first woman Treasurer of the United States; she served under President Harry Truman. [113] [4] Eugenie Anderson became the first woman ever to serve as a chief of mission at the ambassador rank, and as such the first woman to serve as United States Ambassador to Denmark; she served under President Harry S ...
A look at the lives of Dr. Susan Smith McKinney Steward, the first Black female doctor in New York, and her sister Sarah J. S. Tompkins Garnet, the first Black female principal in NYC.
In 1929, she was elected to the International Committee of Psychology. [4] Washburn was the first woman psychologist and the second woman scientist to be elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1931. [10] The same year, she served as a United States Delegate to the International Congress of Psychology in Copenhagen. [4]
After studying at the New England Female Medical College, in 1864 she became the first African-American woman to become a doctor of medicine in the United States. [a] Crumpler was also one of the first female physician authors in the nineteenth century. [4] In 1883, she published A Book of Medical Discourses. The book has two parts that cover ...