Thelma Alper
Thelma Gorfinkle Alper (July 24, 1908 - July 30, 1988)[1] was an American clinical psychologist.[2]
Education
Alper was born to a Jewish family[3] and received her B.A. and M.A. from Wellesley College in 1929 and 1933 respectively. In 1943, she became the eleventh woman, and first Jewish woman, to receive a Ph.D from Harvard.[2] [4]
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 Ogilvie, Marilyn, ed. (2000). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science. New York: Routledge. pp. 26–27. ISBN 0415920388.
- ^ Jewish Women's Archives: "Psychology in the United States" by Rhoda K. Unger] retrieved March 26, 2017
- ^ Unger, Rhoda (1 March 2009). "Psychology in the United States". Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia. Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 25 May 2015.