Nationality American | Occupation Psychologist Books Sweeping the Cobwebs Name Lillien Martin | |
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Born June 7, 1851 ( 1851-06-07 ) Notable work Salvaging Old Age (1930)Sweeping the Cobwebs (1933) Died 1943, San Francisco, California, United States | ||
Lillien Jane Martin (1851–1943) was an American psychologist. She published over twelve books. Martin experienced ageism and sexism as an early woman in psychology.
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Early life and education
Lillien Jane Martin was born on July 7, 1851,
Lillien Jane Martin obtained her A. B. from Vassar College in 1880 and taught as a high school science teacher in San Francisco. She then studied at the University of Göttingen from 1894 until 1898. She was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Bonn in 1913. Previously The University of Bonn had declined to admit her because she was a woman.
Professional career
She started teaching psychology at Stanford University in 1899 and became professor emeritus. After leaving Stanford in 1916, she became a consulting psychologist and psychopathologist. She was the head of a mental health clinic in San Francisco, California. This mental health clinic was the first in the world for elderly people and non-handicap children.
She was president of the California Society Mental Hygiene; member of the Kongress fur experimentelle Psychologie; fellow of the American Psychological Association and of Sigma Xi.
She was the author of "Around the World with a Psychologist" and many other works on Psychology, including Mental Hygiene and Mental Training of the Pre-School Age Child.
She was a member of the Century Club of California, the American Association of University Women, the San Francisco Woman's City Club, the San Francisco Woman's Club.
Personal life
She lived in Indiana, and moved to California in 1895. She lived at Shreve Building, San Francisco, California. A memorial bench for her and her long-time companion Fidelia Jewett (October 3, 1851-1933) was initially positioned in front of their apartment building, and it was later moved to Golden Gate Park.