Person
Stoneman, Ethel Turner (1890 - 1973)
- Born
- 10 August 1890
Perth, Western Australia, Australia - Died
- 5 July 1973
Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Psychologist
- Alternative Names
- Stoneman, Effie
Summary
Ethel Stoneman was director of the State Psychological Clinic in Western Australia from its inception in 1926 until it was disbanded in 1930. She was later in private practice in Melbourne. Her major concern was with the diagnosis of mental deficiency, which eugenists then considered to be a major social problem.
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Chronology
- 1916
- Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Western Australia
- 1916 - 1918
- Career position - Studied intelligence testing and abnormal psychology at Stanford University in California, USA
- 1919 - 1923
- Career position - Lecturer at the Teachers' Training College, Claremont
- 1924
- Career position - Research in Britain and Europe
- 1926 - 1930
- Career position - Director of the of the State Psychological Clinic in Western Australia
- 1933
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Edinburgh
- 1934
- Career position - Consulting Psychologist in Perth
- 1935 - ?
- Career position - Consulting Psychologist in Melbourne
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regulary edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details
Book Sections
- Wilson, Janis, 'Stoneman, Ethel Turner (1890-1973), psychologist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1990), p. 103. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120120b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Turtle, Alison M., 'The First Women Psychologists in Australia', Australian Psychologist, 25 (3) (1990), 239-255. Details
Resources
- 'Stoneman, Ethel Turner (1890-1973)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-627374. Details
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Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 5 March 2018