Women in Psychology

	Lillian Moller Gilbreth Born: May 24, 1878 in Oakland, CA Died: January 2, 1972 in Phoenix, AZ
	Education Doctor of Philosophy (1915), Brown University, Psychology M.A. (1902), University of California at Berkeley, English Literature B.A. (1900), University of California at Berkeley, English Literature
	Landmarks First woman to graduate from the University of California at Berkeley with honors 1904 Married Frank Gilbreth 1924 Frank Gilbreth's death left Lillian sole provider for their 12 children Asked by President Hoover to join the Emergency Committee for Unemployment during the Great Depression Created the nationwide "Share the Work" program in order to create new jobs 1935 Professor of Management at Purdue University Military consultant to the government during World War II
	Contributions Lillian Gilbreth is best known for her contributions to industrial organizational psychology and ergonomics. Some of her household inventions include the foot-pedal trashcan and refrigerator door-shelves.
	Honors Twenty honorary degrees 1921 First female member of the Society of Industrial Engineers Chair of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Management division Society of Industrial Engineers First Gilbreth Medal for Distinguished Contributions to Management 1944 Society of Mechanical Engineers and the American Management Association Gantt Gold Medal 1952 Declared by J.W. McKenney "The World's Greatest Woman Engineer" 1966 First woman to receive the Hoover Medal for Distinguished Public Service by an Engineer Only psychologist to ever appear on a United States postage stamp
	Key Words: I/O psychology, ergonomics, industrial engineering, Psychology of Management, "Share the Work," productivity efficiency, Frank Gilbreth

	Eleanor Jack Gibson Born: December 7, 1910 in Peoria, IL Died: 2002 in South Carolina
	Education Doctor of Philosophy (1938), Yale University, Psychology M.A. (1933), Smith College, Psychology B.A. (1931), Smith College, Psychology
	Landmarks 1940 Assistant Professor at Smith College 1949 Research Associate at Cornell University 1965 Professor of Psychology at Cornell University Professor Emeritus at Cornell University
	Contributions Eleanor Gibson is best known for her contributions to perception and perceptual development.
	Honors 1968 American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award for perceptual development 1969 Century Psychology Prize for "Principles of Perceptual Learning and Development" 1971 Second female psychologist elected to the National Academy of Sciences 1972 Susan Linn Sage Professor of Psychology from Cornell University 1992 National Medal of Science President of the Eastern Psychological Association Numerous honorary degrees from academic institutions such as the University of New York at Albany, Smith College, the University of South Carolina, and Rutgers University
	Key Words: "visual cliff," perceptual development, developmental psychology

	Florence Laura Goodenough Born: August 6, 1886 in Honesdale, PA Died: April 4, 1959 in FL
	Education Doctor of Psychology (1924), Stanford University M.A. (1921), Columbia University B.S. (1920), Columbia University B.Pd. (1908), Pennsylvania Normal School, Pedagogy
	Landmarks Studied under Leta Stetter Hollingworth at Columbia University 1920 Director of research at the Rutherford and Perth Amboy New Jersey public schools (school psychologist) 1921 Worked with Lewis Terman at Stanford University while Terman developed the Stanford-Binet intelligence test 1924 Worked at the Minneapolis Child Guidance Clinic 1925 Listed as a contributor to Terman's book Genetic Studies of Genius 1925 Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota 1931 Professor at the University of Minnesota 1947 Professor Emeritus at the University of Minnesota Instructed Ruth Howard, the first African-American female to receive a Ph.D. in psychology
	Contributions Florence Goodenough is best known for her contributions to psychological testing and measurement. She was among the first to criticize the Intelligence Quotient (IQ) and to document the effects of environment on intelligence.
	Honors President of the National Counsel of Women Psychologists 1946 President of the Society for Research in Child Development Listed in the Watson Directory of Outstanding Contributors to Psychology
	Key Words: intelligence testing, Draw-a-Man test, Draw-a-Woman test, Minnesota Preschool Scale, time sampling, event sampling, nature vs. nurture

	Jacqueline Jarrett Goodnow Born: November 25, 1924 in Queensland, Australia
	Education Doctor of Philosophy (1951), Radcliffe College, Psychology B.A. (1944), University of Sydney
	Landmarks 1951 Honorary appointment at the University of Hong Kong 1956 Research scientist at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Hong Kong 1962 Research Associate and lecturer at George Washington University 1966 Professor at George Washington University 1972 Senior lecturer and Associate Professor at the School of Education at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia 1976 Professor of psychology at the School of Behavioral Sciences in Macquarie University Professor Emeritus at Macquarie University
	Contributions Jacqueline Goodnow is best known for her contributions to cognitive development and the effects of learning, social, and cultural factors on cognitive psychology.
	Honors 1989 American Psychological Association G. Stanley Hall Award for Distinguished Contributions to Developmental Psychology 1997 Society for Research in Child Development Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Child Development Honorary Doctor of Science from Macquarie University
	Key Words: cognitive development, concept formation, social psychology