This article examines the career trajectories and biographies of three women who completed the same graduate preservice program in elementary education. While two have become successful teacher leaders, the third has moved in and out of teaching. This inquiry draws on a ten-year longitudinal study of one of these teachers, positioning that…

The life and contributions of Helen Thompson Woolley and Leta Stetter Hollingworth are presented. These two women were prominent in the early mental testing movement as well as leaders in clinical psychology. Woolley and Hollingworth were feminists whose careful and objective research frequently studied alleged psychological differences between…

Biographical sketches are given for several women who made early contributions to the science of geology. A short biography of Inge Lehmann is also included as a more recent example of a woman who has made a notable contribution to the geological field. (Author)

The lives of three women mathematicians who received some recognition in their lifetimes are described. They are: Hypatia, Maria Gaetana Agnesi, and Sophie Germain. (MP)

The article uses quotes and family pictures to illustrate the early life of educator and psychologist Leta Hollingworth (1886-1939) and influences on her life. It is concluded that her roots in Nebraska were preparation for her pioneering work in psychology, women's issues, and education of the gifted. (DB)

In social gerontology, women's experiences of midlife and aging have been either invisible or pathologized. Perspectives from critical gerontology, feminism, and biography/life course approaches can enrich theory, research, policy, and practice on women and aging. (Contains 44 references.) (SK)

Psychologists have often observed an underlying pattern or theme in the accounts that individuals give of their lives. To test a humanistic-existential approach to human development, 48 women were interviewed with the Loss and Transcendence (L/T) Life History Form. The L/T Life Theme is expressed in two ways: the expanded version includes the…

In this brief oral history, the life of Fidelia Adams Johnson is recounted with sections devoted to her family background, formative years, college experience, working life and retirement years as a black woman of influence. Her grandfather helped establish Tuskegee Institute and her father founded Louisiana's Grambling State College. Fidelia…

Hawaii's multiethnic society provides a field for researching the impact of ethnicity on the learning of female sex roles. Life data from one Chinese/Hawaiian woman and one Portuguese/Hawaiian woman are used to compare their socialization to sex-related roles during their girlhoods in the 1920s and 1930s. (CJM)

Describes how to use biographies of successful women politicians to provide career role models for elementary school girls. The biographies of Margaret Chase Smith, Bella Abzug, Shirley Chisholm, Barbara Jordan, and Juanita Kreps are recommended as resources for career education. (AM)

The introductory quiz suggests that women have been involved in all facets of the rapidly developing field of psychology. The woman's role in the professional, family, and social context is explored. Struggles of women in the 1980s are compared with struggles of the foremothers in psychology. (BEF)

Reflects on the process of writing a biographical account about the female educator activist, Mary Bridges Adams. States the writing method should transpire in an analytical, linear, sociological narrative approach. Concludes that the past has been told from a masculine gendered narrative, not giving due attention to representing women. (MER)

The contributions of psychologist and educator, Leta Hollingworth (1886-1939), to the development of school psychological services are identified. Considered are her organizational involvement, professional writing, and research in this area. (DB)

The lives of six prominent female leaders (Sandra Day O'Connor, Maya Angelou, Wilma Mankiller, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Elizabeth Dole, and Mary Kay Ash) are summarized. Similarities are noted and questions and activities provided to encourage discussion by teachers and students. (DB)