Margaret Washburn
July 25, 1871--October 29, 1939
Background
- Originally from New York
- First woman granted a PhD in psychology
- Second woman to be president of American Psychological Association (APA)
- Never married because she didn't want to give up her teaching career
- Taught at Vassar College for thirty-six years
Contributions
- Wrote The Animal Mind, the first book on animal cognition
- Studied motor processes
- Concluded that consciousness and thinking are tied to motor function