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Women who have received higher education were praised last night as "really essential in maintaining true respect for intellectual endeavor," by experts on psychology from the University and Radcliffe...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Psychology Experts See Education Of Women as Vital in Home Life | 1/17/1955 | See Source »

Gordon W. Allport, professor of Psychology, was moderator of a panel on "the effects of higher education on men-women relationships," sponsored by the Student Baptist Association of Boston in the Old Cambridge Baptist Church. The speakers were Dr. Dana L. Farnsworth, Director of University Health Services, and Dr. Carl Binger, Radcliffe Health Director...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Psychology Experts See Education Of Women as Vital in Home Life | 1/17/1955 | See Source »

...three stressed the importance of mothers as preservers of spiritual and intellectual values in the home by reinforcing the lessons of church and school. They deplored the prevalent belief that higher education is wasted on women who do not pursue careers. "Mothers ought to realize that what they are doing is more important than anything else," Binger said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Psychology Experts See Education Of Women as Vital in Home Life | 1/17/1955 | See Source »

According to Farnsworth, an emphasis on factual material and the sciences in higher education has obscured the vital area of personal development. Starting with education as "the process by which we learn to relate ourselves to others . . . and cope with uncertainty," Farnsworth voiced concern over the lack of "personal fulfillment and emotional richness...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Psychology Experts See Education Of Women as Vital in Home Life | 1/17/1955 | See Source »

Binger also noted that many women have been "forced into competitive aggressiveness" by education on a plane with men, and deplored the resulting suppression of feminine gentleness. He felt that higher education produces more mature men and women who are therefore better able to adjust themselves to the problems of marriage. "Self-knowledge is the best safeguard against marriage break-up," Binger said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Psychology Experts See Education Of Women as Vital in Home Life | 1/17/1955 | See Source »

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