Thelma Alper
Thelma Gorfinkle Alper (July 24, 1908 - July 30, 1988)[1] was an American clinical psychologist.[2]
Education
Alper received her BA and MA from Wellesley College in 1929 and 1933 respectively. She received her PhD from Harvard in 1943. [2]
Career
She began her work at Harvard as a tutor and instructor. She was told she would never be offered tenure because she was a woman, and in 1948, she resigned from Harvard. She then became an associate professor at Clark University, but due to an ill family member, she left that position as well and accepted a position at Wellesley College. [2]
Legacy
Alper created a measure to study achievement motivation in women. [2]
Awards
She served as President of the Massachusetts Psychological Association and two chapters of Phi Beta Kappa. [2]
References
- ^ Alper, Thelma G. "United States Social Security Death Index". FamilySearch. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
- ^ a b c d e eds, Marilyn Ogilvie ... (2000). The biographical dictionary of women in science. New York [u.a.]: Routledge. pp. 26–27. ISBN 0415920388.
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