Leta Stetter Hollingworth: Champion of the psychology of women and gifted children.

Abstract

Leta Stetter Hollingworth (1886-1939), one of the most neglected pioneers of educational psychology, successfully challenged the prevailing scientific doctrine of women's inferior intelligence. Later in her career she established the field of gifted education, offering the first course and textbook in this area. In her tenure at Teachers College, Columbia University, she contributed major textbooks on mental retardation, adolescent psychology, and specific disabilities, as well as 80 scholarly papers. As the first psychologist in New York City, she helped establish professional standards for the field and was one of the few academicians who promoted and provided psychological services in the schools

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