Leta Stetter Hollingworth was an American psychologist, educator and feminist who made contributions to the psychology of women, to clinical psychology and to educational psychology. She is best known for her work with gifted children, and her research also challenged prevailing scientific claims about innate differences between men's and women's mental abilities.
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Death PlaceColumbia University Medical Center, Manhattan, New York 1 Nationality / Culture Defining ContributionPioneered the psychological study and education of gifted children, coining the term gifted, founding the Speyer School for gifted students in New York City, and conducting the first longitudinal studies of children with IQs above 155 and above 180. 1 Notable Work Connections
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Challenged the variability hypothesis with empirical data showing no greater variability in male intelligence, undermining its use to justify inequality.
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1. Wikipedia: Leta Stetter Hollingworth
Wikimedia FoundationEarly life section
On May 25, 1886, Leta Anna Stetter was born in Dawes County, Nebraska near the town of Chadron.
Death and legacy section
Leta Hollingworth died on November 27, 1939, at the age of 53 of abdominal cancer at the Columbia University Medical Center in Manhattan.
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Leta Stetter Hollingworth (May 25, 1886, November 27, 1939) was an American psychologist, educator, and feminist.
Intelligence testing, mental defects and exceptional children section
She is known for coining the term “gifted” even though she primarily began her work with the “mentally defective”.
Intelligence testing section, gifted-term clause
She is known for coining the term “gifted” even though she primarily began her work with the “mentally defective”.
Intelligence testing section, Gifted Children publication clause
The results of this study are published in her book Gifted Children (1926).
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