Name Milicent Shinn | Role Psychologist | |
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Died August 14, 1940, Niles District, Fremont, California, United States Education University of California, Berkeley Books The biography of a baby, Notes on the development of a child | ||
Milicent Washburn Shinn (1858 – August 14, 1940) was a child psychologist who was the first woman to receive a doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley. She finished her undergraduate degree in 1880, edited the Overland Monthly from 1882–1894, and received her Ph.D. in 1898.
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Early life
Milicent Washburn Shinn was born near the present town of Niles, California, on April 15, 1858, the daughter of James Shinn and Lucy Ellen Clark.
Career
She was active as a writer, editor, scientist and research worker; she was the first woman to receive Ph. D. degree from University of California.
She was a member of the Society of Mayflower Descendants, the American Academy of Science, the Phi Beta Kappa, the American Eugenics Society, the Alumni Association of the University of California, the Save the Redwoods League, the League of Nations Association.
Personal life
She was a life-long resident of California.
After retirement, she lived very quietly at home for over a quarter of a century at Niles, California and died there.