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ERIC Number: EJ443892
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Leta Stetter Hollingworth: Champion of the Psychology of Women and Gifted Children.
Silverman, Linda Kreger
Journal of Educational Psychology, v84 n1 p20-27 Mar 1992
L. S. Hollingworth (1886-1939), a neglected pioneer in educational psychology, challenged the prevailing view of the inferiority of women's intelligence and was a founder of the field of education for the gifted. This biographical sketch highlights her many accomplishments in unpopular fields. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Authors, Biographies, Educational History, Educational Psychology, Elementary Secondary Education, Intelligence, Psychologists, Researchers, Sex Differences, Sex Discrimination, Social Scientists, United States History, Womens Studies
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Hollingworth (Leta Stetter)