Women and the American Psychological Association

Hogan, John D.; Sexton, Virginia Staudt

doi:10.1111/j.1471-6402.1991.tb00435.x

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“…They faced restricted access to graduate education and training and had few opportunities for academic placement and advancement (Hogan & Sexton, 1991;Russo & Denmark, 1987;Scarborough & Furumoto, 1987). In 1942, the National Council of Women Psychologists was formed to redress these and related problems (Mitchell, 1951;see Bryan & Boring, 1944) De Meuse, 1987;Pfafflin, 1984;Scarborough, 1994).…”

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Trends in women’s participation at the meetings of the Association for Behavior Analysis: 1975–2005

2007

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We examined women's participation, relative to men's, at the annual meetings of the Association for Behavior Analysis (ABA) between 1975 and 2005. Among our findings are upward trends in female presenters across formats (e.g., posters), types of authorship (e.g., first authors), and specialty areas (e.g., autism). Where women have attained parity, however, they are still often underrepresented, given their percentage of membership. Women also participate less than men as sole and invited authors and discussants and in the domains of basic research and conceptual analysis, but participate more than men in the applied domain. Data from the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior and the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysisshow parallel but delayed trends toward parity in basic and applied research, whereas data from The Behavior Analyst show only modest gains in the conceptual domain. We discuss the gender disparities in ABA's more prestigious categories of participation (e.g., invited addresses) and across its content domains, as well as in science in general, and the role of social and cultural factors in producing the disparities and how behavior analysts might aid in correcting them.

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“…A few years later, Mitchell (1951) documented that women were overrepresented in the lower-status associate APA member category, underrepresented among high-prestige Fellows, and nearly absent among the ranks of journal editors. (See Hogan & Sexton, 1991, for information about women who held leadership roles in APA. )…”

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The American Psychological Association’s Committee on Women in Psychology

Chrisler

Fuentes

Durvasula

et al. 2013

Psychology of Women Quarterly

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The Committee on Women in Psychology (CWP) of the American Psychological Association was founded in 1973 in response to the report of the Task Force on the Status of Women in Psychology. In this article, we set the context for the founding of the task force and committee and briefly describe the history of feminist critique of, and activism within, organized psychology in the United States. From its inception to the present day, CWP has been known as an activist group. We review some of the major contributions CWP has made over four decades in service of the feminist transformation of psychology. We also review the committee's major contributions to psychology in the public interest, especially to the physical and mental health and wellbeing of women.

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“…Women's heritage in psychology can be seen not only in the knowledge bases of its many subfields, but also in its institutions. Thus, this special issue contains articles that celebrate and preserve the legacy of women's participation in APA (Hogan & Sexton, 1991), the founding and evolution of the Association for Women in Psychology (AWP) (Tiefer, 1991), the establishment and activities of APA's Division of the Psychology of Women (Division 35) (Mednick & Urbanski, 1991), and the contributions and involvement of feminists in the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (Katz, 1991). In addition, women's heritage can be seen in awards received for professional contributions (O'Connell & Russo, 1990).…”

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“…In 1989, for the first time, 56% of psychology doctorates were awarded to women; in 1991, 46% of APA boards and committees were comprised of women (Fowler, 1991). The number of women holding powerful, leadership roles in psychology has increased dramatically over the past century (Hogan & Sexton, 1991). The articles in this special issue clearly demonstrate that the concept that women's place is in a separate sphere does not survive close scrutiny (Kelly, 1979;Lerner, 1986).…”

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Women's Heritage in Psychology: Past and Present

O'Connell

Russo

1991

Psychology of Women Quarterly

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The American Psychological Association's Centennial provides a unique opportunity to celebrate, preserve, and interpret women's heritage in the origins and development of psychology. This special issue documents women's contributions to, and the impact of feminist critiques on, the discipline of psychology and its organizations. The articles in this special issue demonstrate how psychological theories and practice, research methods, and interpretation of data are embedded in social, political, and historical contexts. Moreover, they document how feminist critiques have challenged traditional assumptions about knowledge and served as a catalyst for the transformation of psychological theories, methods, and practice—a transformation that has just begun.

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Women and the American Psychological Association

Cited by 19 publications

References 24 publications

Trends in women’s participation at the meetings of the Association for Behavior Analysis: 1975–2005

Trends in women’s participation at the meetings of the Association for Behavior Analysis: 1975–2005

The American Psychological Association’s Committee on Women in Psychology

Women's Heritage in Psychology: Past and Present

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