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P1:OSO/OVY P2:OSO/OVY QC:OSO/OVY T1:OSO SVNF018/Gavin-FM SVNF018/Gavin 0826102387 January29,2007 13:28 Women of Vision Their Psychology, Circumstances, and Success Editors Eileen A. Gavin, PhD Aphrodite Clamar, PhD Mary Anne Siderits, PhD iii P1:OSO/OVY P2:OSO/OVY QC:OSO/OVY T1:OSO SVNF018/Gavin-FM SVNF018/Gavin 0826102387 January29,2007 13:28 Eileen A. Gavin, PhD, taught undergraduate women for 40 years and servedfourconsecutivetermsaspsychologydepartmentchairattheCol- lege of St. Catherine, where she is now professor emerita of psychology. Her published work has appeared primarily in encyclopedias, reference books,specializedanthologies,magazines,andjournals.Shedesignednu- meroussymposiaforprofessionalorganizationsandservedasanofficerin threedivisions(24,26,and36)oftheAmericanPsychologicalAssociation (APA). The professional service that she most enjoyed was that of pro- gram chair for the inaugural APA program of Division 36 (now known as Psychology of Religion). She is currently editing letters that eminent American women of psychology sent to students in one of her classes in historyandsystemsofpsychology. AphroditeClamar,PhD,isaseasonedseniorexecutiveinlocal,national, and international public relations and advertising. Her background in economicsandpsychology,extensiveexperienceindevelopingandman- aging political/election campaigns, and effective interpersonal skills are anassetinallaspectsofherwork.Dr.Clamaristhefounderandformer presidentofRichardCohenAssociates,aManhattan-basedpublicityfirm withanadvertisingaffiliate.Theagencyworkedonavarietyofpolitical campaigns, including presidential, senatorial, state, and local. She is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and anactivememberoftheAmericanPsychologicalAssociation.Dr.Clamar is published extensively in the general and professional media and has contributedarticlestoanumberofbooksandjournals. MaryAnneSiderits,PhD,isaclinicalpsychologist,full-timefacultymem- berintheDepartmentofPsychologyatMarquetteUniversity,andadjunct clinicalprofessorattheWisconsinSchoolofProfessionalPsychology.She teachescoursesinpsychologyofgender,psychologyofreligion,develop- mentalpsychology,andprofessionalethics.Shehasheldofficeinmunic- ipal and state psychological associations and in various divisions of the AmericanPsychologicalAssociation;shehasalsoservedonthenational boardofrepresentativesoftheAmericanAssociationofUniversityProfes- sors.Afoundingmemberofthegroupthatlaunchedthewomen’sstudies programatMarquette,shewasthefirstfemalechairofMarquette’sCom- mitteeonFaculty. ii P1:OSO/OVY P2:OSO/OVY QC:OSO/OVY T1:OSO SVNF018/Gavin-FM SVNF018/Gavin 0826102387 January29,2007 13:28 WOMEN OF VISION i P1:OSO/OVY P2:OSO/OVY QC:OSO/OVY T1:OSO SVNF018/Gavin-FM SVNF018/Gavin 0826102387 January29,2007 13:28 Copyright(cid:2)C 2007SpringerPublishingCompany,LLC Allrightsreserved. Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedinaretrievalsystem,or transmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical,photocopying, recording,orotherwise,withoutthepriorpermissionofSpringerPublishing Company,LLC. SpringerPublishingCompany,LLC 11West42ndStreet,15thFloor NewYork,NY10036–8002 AcquisitionsEditor:SheriW.Sussman ManagingEditor:MaryAnnMcLaughlin ProductionEditor:PeggyM.Rote CoverDesigner:MimiFlow Composition:Techbooks LillianCartwright’s“TheDancer”isawallsizeacrylicassemblagethatdepictsMartha Graham,thelegendarychoreographerandpioneerofmoderndance.Thepose,from Graham’sLettertotheWorld(1940),wasatributetoEmilyDickinson.BarbaraMorgan’s photoofMarthaGrahaminspiredCartwright’sassemblage.Permissiontoreprint“The Dancer”hasbeengrantedbyLillianCartwright,artist. 07 08 09 10/5 4 3 2 1 ISBN-13:978-0-8261-0253-9 LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Womenofvision:theirpsychology,circumstances,andsuccess/editors,EileenA.Gavin, AphroditeClamar,andMaryAnneSiderits. p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN0-8261-0253-0(hardback) 1.Women—UnitedStates—Biography. I.Gavin,EileenA. II.Clamar, AphroditeJ. III.Siderits,MaryAnne. HQ1412.W665 2007 920.720973—dc22 [B] 2006101372 PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyBangPrinting. iv P1:OSO/OVY P2:OSO/OVY QC:OSO/OVY T1:OSO SVNF018/Gavin-FM SVNF018/Gavin 0826102387 January29,2007 13:28 Dedication ToretiredU.S.Armymajor,VictoriaPavlowskiDragoiu,whoservedasa flightnurseduringWorldWarIIandasanursetounderservedimmigrants, for her initiative, munificence, and valor, and to those women whose storiesmayneverbewritten,wholedusinnewdirections. v P1:OSO/OVY P2:OSO/OVY QC:OSO/OVY T1:OSO SVNF018/Gavin-FM SVNF018/Gavin 0826102387 January29,2007 13:28 vi P1:OSO/OVY P2:OSO/OVY QC:OSO/OVY T1:OSO SVNF018/Gavin-FM SVNF018/Gavin 0826102387 January29,2007 13:28 Contents Contributors xi Foreword AgnesN.O’Connell,PhD xvii Acknowledgments xix Introduction 1 PARTI. WOMENWHOSELIVESSPANNED TWOCENTURIES 1 DancingWomen’sFreedom:TheStoryofIsadora Duncan 11 MiriamRoskinBerger,IleneA.Serlin,and MaryAnneSiderits 2 AnneSullivanMacyandHelenAdamsKeller: Expressing“Vision”WithFlutteringFingers 29 HendrikaVandeKemp 3 LillianEvelynMollerGilbreth:TheWomanWho “HadItAll” 45 MelbaJ.T.Vasquez 4 AlicePaul:ConstitutionalAmendmentMover andERAAuthor 61 CaroleA.Rayburn 5 GeorgiaO’Keeffe:AmericanModernist 79 LillianCartwright vii P1:OSO/OVY P2:OSO/OVY QC:OSO/OVY T1:OSO SVNF018/Gavin-FM SVNF018/Gavin 0826102387 January29,2007 13:28 viii Contents 6 MaryMcLeodBethune:VoiceofChange,Life ofService 95 KarenFraserWycheandLisaAbern 7 AnnaEleanorRoosevelt:TheEvolutionofan ExtraordinaryLeader 107 AgnesN.O’Connell PARTII. WOMENWHOMATUREDDURINGTHE “ROARINGTWENTIES” 8 RachelCarson:TheStrengthofWonder 123 RavennaHelson 9 “Be-Going”:TheStoryofDorothyDay 141 MaryAnneSiderits 10 SisterAnnetteWalters’sUnfinishedDream:“To MaketheUniverseaHome” 159 EileenA.Gavin 11 EvelynGentryHooker:The“Hopelessly Heterosexual”PsychologistWhoNormalized Homosexuality 177 JoanneQuarfothFloydandLyndaAnne Szymanski 12 AthleteoftheCentury:“Babe”Didrikson Zaharias 189 LeeJoyceRichmond 13 LucilleBall:VisionsofTrauma,Crisis,and Comedy 203 CalvinSaxton 14 GraceBrewsterMurrayHopper:AWomanWho DaredandDid 215 DebraSuePate PARTIII. WOMENWHOBECAMEADULTSINTHE1940s 15 EllaFitzgerald:TheSinger’sSinger 231 BeverlyGreene P1:OSO/OVY P2:OSO/OVY QC:OSO/OVY T1:OSO SVNF018/Gavin-FM SVNF018/Gavin 0826102387 January29,2007 13:28 Contents ix 16 ShirleyChisholm:ACatalystforChange 245 BarbaraL.Biales 17 TheCaseofthePurloinedPicture:Rosalind FranklinandtheKeystoneoftheDoubleHelix 259 MichaelWertheimer PARTIV. ASECONDLOOKATOURWOMENOFVISION 18 ASecondLookatOurWomenofVision 275 Appendix:StudyQuestionsandActivitiesforChapters1to17 289 Index 301 P1:OSO/OVY P2:OSO/OVY QC:OSO/OVY T1:OSO SVNF018/Gavin-FM SVNF018/Gavin 0826102387 January29,2007 13:28 x

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