A WOMAN'S STRUGGLE IN ACADEMIC PSYCHOLOGY (1936-2001)

Tracy S. Kendler's strong desire to get a college education had to overcome economic hardships of the Great Depression and a mother's conviction that finding a suitable husband was more important. Solomon Asch at Brooklyn College, by scholarly example, encouraged her to seek a career in ps...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:History of psychology 2003-08, Vol.6 (3), p.251-266
Main Authors: Kendler, Tracy S, Kendler, Howard H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Autobiography as Topic
Biological and medical sciences
Career Development
Education - history
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
General aspects
History of medicine
History of Psychology
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Human
Kendler
Psychologists
Psychology - education
Psychology - history
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
United States
Women - history
Women - psychology
Working Women
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Tracy S. Kendler's strong desire to get a college education had to overcome economic hardships of the Great Depression and a mother's conviction that finding a suitable husband was more important. Solomon Asch at Brooklyn College, by scholarly example, encouraged her to seek a career in psychology. At the University of Iowa she studied with both Kurt Lewin and Kenneth Spence and finally opted to conduct a research program, ultimately on cognitive development, within a neobehavioristic methodological orientation. Being married to academic psychologist Howard H. Kendler, and a mother of 2 sons, created problems in fashioning an independent academic career, but persistence and research productivity, sometimes a result of collaborative efforts with her husband, finally led to a distinguished career.
ISSN:1093-4510
1939-0610
DOI:10.1037/1093-4510.6.3.251