Leta stetter hollingsworth biography for kids
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Profile
Leta Hollingworth
Birth:
1886
Death:
1939
Training Location(s):
PhD, Columbia University (1916)
MA, Columbia University (1913)
Primary Affiliation(s):
Columbia Teachers College (1916-1939)
Career Focus:
Giftedness; educational psychology; psychology of women; variability hypothesis.
Biography
Leta Stetter Hollingworth was born on May 25, 1886 in Chadron, Nebraska. the oldest of three girls. Her mother died shortly after giving birth to her third daughter. Leta and her sisters were raised by their grandparents until the age of twelve, and then lived with their kringirrande father who had since remarried. Educated in a one-room school, she received what she later spoke of as an excellent individualized education.
At the age of 15 she began studying li
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Leta Stetter Hollingworth (May 25, 1886 - November 27, 1939) was an educator, feminist, and psychologist. She began her career as a teacher, but after her marriage was not able to obtain employment due to her status as a married woman. This led her to question the role of women in society.
Her work as psychologist began during her years as a graduate student under Edward Lee Thorndike, where she was allowed to investigate issues in the psychology of women. At the same time, she was involved in intelligence testing of children, Thorndike's interest, and part of her job as a clinical psychologist. She later developed a great interest in those of the highest IQ, the gifted, pioneering educational programs for such children.
Hollingworth also pioneered empirical research into the psychology of women, dispelling myths of the inferiority of women and their psychological impairment during the menstrual cycle. Her work in this area was incomplete, and in fact the questions she rai
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Leta Stetter Hollingworth
American psychologist (1886–1939)
Leta Stetter Hollingworth (May 25, 1886 – November 27, 1939) was an American psychologist, educator, and feminist. She made contributions in psychology of women, clinical psychology, and educational psychology.[1] She is best known for her work with gifted children.[2][3]
Early life
[edit]On May 25, 1886, Leta Anna Stetter was born in Dawes County, Nebraska near the town of Chadron. She was the first of three children born to Margaret Elinor Danley (1862–1890) and John George Stetter (1856–1943).[4]
Her childhood consisted of multiple hardships. At three years old, her mother died after giving birth to her third child, and her father deserted the family. Leta and her sisters were then raised by their maternal grandparents — Samuel Thomas Danley (1833–1898) and Mary (1838–1904) — on their farm. After ten years of absence, Leta's father remarried and forced the children to le