Christine Ladd-Franklin (1847-1930)
Creator: Scott, Julian P
Subject: Ladd-Franklin, Christine 1847-1930 Vassar College
Type: Black-and-white photographs
Topic: Mathematics Psychology
Local number: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-5008]
Summary: Psychologist and logician Christine Ladd-Franklin (1847-1930) graduated from Vassar College in 1869 where she studied linguistics and physics. After graduation, as women were not granted much access to labs and observatories, she turned to mathematics, which did not require any apparatus
Cite as: Acc. 90-105 - Science Service, Records, 1920s-1970s, Smithsonian Institution Archives
Persistent URL:http://siris-archives.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siarchives&uri=full=3100001~!289406~!0#focus
Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives
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