Ruth Winifred Howard

Ruth Winifred Howard was the first African American woman to receive a bachelor's degree in psychology.[1]

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Early life

Ruth Winifred Howard was born in 1900. In 1916, she graduated from Dunbar high school.[2]

Undergraduate and Graduate Years

She was the first African American woman in the United States to receive a bachelor's degree in psychology.[3] She received a PhD at the University of Minnesota in 1934. She studied human behavior. She attended Simmons College in Boston after high school.[4] In Boston she worked under a National Urban Leagues grant.[5] She majored in social work, receiving her Bachelor's degree in 1921 and Master's degree in 1927.[6] She practiced her social work under the Cleveland Urban League.[7] She also worked in child welfare under the State Welfare agency.[8] Ruth end up going to Howard University to study psychology and under the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Fellowship she studied at Columbia University's Teacher College and School of Social work[9] She also studied in Minnesota She received her PhD in psychology and Child development.[10]

Later life

She is the Wife of Dr. Albert Sidney Beckham.[11]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Guthrie, R.V. (1998). p. 178.
  2. ^ Guthrie, R.V. (1998). p. 178.
  3. ^ Guthrie, R.V. (1998). p. 178.
  4. ^ Guthrie, R.V. (1998). p. 178.
  5. ^ Guthrie, R.V. (1998). p. 178.
  6. ^ Guthrie, R.V. (1998). p. 178.
  7. ^ Guthrie, R.V. (1998). p. 178.
  8. ^ Guthrie, R.V. (1998). p. 178.
  9. ^ Guthrie, R.V. (1998). p. 178.
  10. ^ Guthrie, R.V. (1998). p. 178.
  11. ^ Guthrie, R.V. (1998). p. 178.

References

  1. ^ Guthrie, R.V. (1998). p. 178.
  2. ^ Guthrie, R.V. (1998). p. 178.
  3. ^ Guthrie, R.V. (1998). p. 178.
  4. ^ Guthrie, R.V. (1998). p. 178.
  5. ^ Guthrie, R.V. (1998). p. 178.
  6. ^ Guthrie, R.V. (1998). p. 178.
  7. ^ Guthrie, R.V. (1998). p. 178.
  8. ^ Guthrie, R.V. (1998). p. 178.
  9. ^ Guthrie, R.V. (1998). p. 178.
  10. ^ Guthrie, R.V. (1998). p. 178.
  11. ^ Guthrie, R.V. (1998). p. 178.