... on philosophy and the sciences. At the age of 20 she graduated from Vassar College and began studying at Columbia University. While at Columbia she was "allowed" to audit classes and work in James M. Cattel's laboratory. Despite his full support and due to gender restrictions, she was not formally admitted as a student of psychology or as a student of the university. After a year she was chosen ... and 1938, she published sixty-eight studies from the Vassar Psychological Laboratory. Among her years at Vassar she was a well-liked professor, students commenting, "Miss Washburn's lectures w...

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