Ruth Wendell Washburn
Ruth Washburn (1890-1975) was an educational psychologist. She received a B.A. from Vassar in 1913, an M.A. from Radcliffe in 1922, and a Ph.D. degree from Yale University in 1929.[1][2] The Ruth Washburn Cooperative Nursery School in Colorado Springs, Colorado is named in her honor.[1]
Life and Career
In 1890, Ruth Wendell Washburn was born to Phillip and Miriam Washburn[3] in Northampton, Massachusetts, although the family moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 1893. She had two sisters, Miriam and Eleanor.[4]
In 1913, Washburn received her B.A. from Vassar College, and in 1922 she received her M.A. from Radcliffe College.[4]
Ruth Washburn was at Yale University from 1923-1938: in 1923 she was an Assistant Professor at the Yale Clinic of Child Psychology;[1] in 1929, she received her Ph.D. in educational psychology;[2] from 1929-1934 she held a Research Associate position at the Yale Clinic of Child Psychology; from 1934-1938, she was an Assistant Professor of Child Development at Yale.[1]
After leaving Yale, Washburn worked as a Consultant in Child Development for Milton Prep School (1938-1971)[1], the New Hampshire Children's Aid Society (1938-1955),[4] and Shady Hill School in Cambridge (1943-1962).[1]
Upon her retirement in 1972, Washburn moved back to Colorado Springs, where she died in July of 1975.[1]
Bibliography
The list below contains some, but not all, of the publications authored by Ruth Wendell Washburn.[1]
- The Smiling and Laughing of Infants, 1929.
- Children Have Their Reasons, 1942.
- Re-education in a Nursery Group: A Study in Clinical Psychology, 1944.
- Children Know Their Friends, 1949.
- Wisdom Begins at Birth, 1967.
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References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Philosophy & History". Ruth Washburn Cooperative Nursery School. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ a b "Psychology Department Ph.D. Graduates". Yale University Department of Psychology. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Ogilvie, Marilyn; Harvey, Joy (2003). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives From Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century. Routledge. ISBN 1135963428.
- ^ a b c "Philip Moen Washburn Papers, 1872-1898, Ms 0044". Tutt Library Colorado College. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
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