Milicent Shinn

1898: The Department of Pedagogy grants its first Ph.D. to Millicent Washburn Shinn. Hers is the first doctoral degree earned by a woman in the University of California.

Milicent Washburn Shinn (1858 – August 14, 1940) was a child psychologist who was the first woman to receive a doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley. She finished her undergraduate degree in 1880, edited the Overland Monthly from 1882–1894, and received her Ph.D. in 1898.

Early life

Milicent Washburn Shinn was born near the present town of Niles, California, on April 15, 1858, the daughter of James Shinn and Lucy Ellen Clark. [1][2] Her brother was Charles Howard Shinn.

Career

She was active as a writer, editor, scientist and research worker; she was the first woman to receive Ph. D. degree from University of California. [1][3][4]

She was a member of the Society of Mayflower Descendants, the American Academy of Science, the Phi Beta Kappa, the American Eugenics Society, the Alumni Association of the University of California, the Save the Redwoods League, the League of Nations Association. [1]

Personal life

She was a life-long resident of California. [1]

Lilian Bridgman designed her home that was located on her family's property in Niles.

After retirement, she lived very quietly at home for over a quarter of a century at Niles, California and died there. [1]

The Overland Monthly

In the Overland Monthly, July 1898, Shinn reflects on her years as editor, 1883-1894.[5]

Works

  • The Leland Stanford, Junior, University (1891)
  • Notes on the development of a child, 2 volumes, University of California Studies, (1893).
  • Notes on Children's Drawings (1897)
  • The Biography Of A Baby (1900)
  • The Development of the Senses in the First Three Years of Childhood, (1908)

References

  • Obituary, New York Times, August 14, 1940 (unverified).
  • The Overland Monthly under Milicent Washburn Shinn, 1883-1894: a study in regional publishing. Skelley, Grant Teasdale. 1968. Library at the University of California, Berkeley.
  • Methods and techniques in child study as employed by Charles Darwin, William Preyer and Milicent Shinn. White, Ruth C. (Ruth Carolyn). 1936. Library at the University of California, Berkeley.
  • Milicent Shinn's papers are located at the University of California, with the archives for the Mission Peak Heritage Foundation, and at the Washington Township Museum of Local History.
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Binheim, Max; Elvin, Charles A (1928). Women of the West; a series of biographical sketches of living eminent women in the eleven western states of the United States of America. p. 82. Retrieved 8 August 2017. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ↑ Hinkel, Edgar Joseph; McCann, William E.; Alameda County Free Library; United States. Work Projects Administration (1942). Biographies of California authors and indexes of California literature. San Francisco Public Library. Oakland, Calif. pp. 195–196.
  3. ↑ "Profile Milicent Shinn". Psychology's Femnist Voices.
  4. ↑ College, Radcliffe (1971). Notable American Women, 1607-1950: A Biographical Dictionary. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674627345.
  5. ↑ Shinn, Milicent. ""Some Conditions in the Eighties", The Overland monthly. ser. 2, v. 32 (July-Dec. 1898)". HathiTrust. pp. 66–71. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
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