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Georgene Hoffman Seward (January 21, 1902 – September 19, 1992), an early feminist psychologist, was best known for her research on sex roles and sex behavior. Having experienced much sex discrimination in academia herself, she dedicated her life to researching sex differences, minority experiences, and encouraging women to pursue leadership in science.〔〔 == Biography == Georgene Janet Hoffman was born in Washington DC on January 21, 1902 to Georgene and Carl Henry Hoffman.〔(Ogilvie & Harvey, 2000)〕 While she was young her mother died and her father remarried, leaving Georgene to be raised by her grandfather and great aunt in New York City. She obtained her B.A. from Barnard College for Women in 1922; her initial interest had been the classics, but instead she majored in psychology.〔(Sargent, 1993)〕 She completed graduate work at Colombia University became a Curtis Scholar and obtained her Master’s Degree in 1924. During this time she met another graduate student John Perry Seward Jr. with whom she would marry in 1927 and would begin a lifelong professional collaboration.〔 In 1928 she received her PhD. from Colombia. Georgene and John worked at many colleges and universities over the years, with John ultimately settling in at University of California at Los Angeles and Georgene settling in at the University of Southern California for the remainder of their careers.〔〔〔 The couple had two daughters, Barbara and Joan Perry ("Jerry"). After the death of their eldest daughter Barbara Seward Price age 30, on September 3, 1958, the Sewards created a scholarship in her memory at Colombia University where she had studied that would fully cover the expenses of a General Studies Student's tuition at Colombia. Her husband, John, died in 1985; Georgene died on September 19, 1992 in Los Angeles, California.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Georgene Hoffman Seward」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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