Dorothea Dix Research Paper

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After researching the contributions that women made to psychology in both the past and present, we’ve concluded that women’s place in psychology has shifted in a positive manner in various types of ways. Starting with the 1800’s, women have been fighting for their places, beginning with the moral treatment stemmed from Dorothea Dix, who traveled while being ill. She was an author, teacher, and a reformer. The reform movements for treatment of the mentally ill were also included in this time period to other progressive causes such as voter reforms and because of her efforts, she helped create dozens of new institutions across the United States and Europe. Dix changed people’s perceptions of these populations.
As we’ve traced back into the 1800’s; starting with Christine Ladd Franklin who happened to be one of the first women to earn a PhD from the widely-known University, John Hopkins. Ladd-Franklin had completed her studies in logic and mathematics as well as the requirements for the PhD in 1882. Due to unfortunate circumstances, she was denied the degree because she was a woman. Ladd-Franklin was not granted her degree until 1926, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Johns Hopkins. She was seventy-eight years old when she had been granted her official doctorate.
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Another influential woman that also is widely known for her findings is Leta Setter Hollingworth. She is best known for advocating children and debunking the myths about women. Myths include the variability hypothesis and the periodic function. Her contributions included psychology of women, clinical psychology, and education psychology. Interestingly enough, Carl Rogers was one of her students, and his “client-centered therapy” was modeled after Leta’s “child-centered