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Elizabeth Blackwell (3 February 1821 – 31 May 1910) was an English-American physician, notable as the first woman to earn a medical degree in the United States, and the first woman on the Medical Register of the General Medical Council for the United Kingdom. [1]
The younger Magill graduated as a member of the Class of 1873, Swarthmore's first graduating class (five women and one man). [3] Magill attended graduate school at Boston University, earning her Ph.D. in Greek in 1877. [4] She was the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in the United States. [5]
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.
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.
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]
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 ...
The first woman to become president of the American Psychological Association. She was also a philosopher. Her career focused on self-psychology and the belief that the conscious self should be the foundation of psychological study. [56] [57] Paula Caplan: 1947–2021 [58] Susan Carey: Cora Sutton Castle: 1880–1966 [59] Psyche Cattell: 1893 ...