Carol Nagy Jacklin

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Carol Nagy Jacklin
BornFebruary 23, 1939
DiedAugust 8, 2011
Alma materUniversity of Connecticut Brown University
Known forGender studies Psychology

Carol Nagy Jacklin (1939 - 2011) was a developmental

Women's Rights activist
.

Education

Carol Nagy was born in Chicago, Illinois on February 23, 1939.

PhD in developmental psychology, after which she applied and was accepted for postgraduate studies at Brown University.[2] where he completed her PhD at Brown University in 1972.[2]

Research

Jacklin moved to Stanford and completed postdoctoral studies alongside Eleanor Maccoby.[2] Jacklin and Maccoby studied parent-child interactions, identifying negative portrayals of women in scientific literature. Their research was published in the critically acclaimed 1974 book "The Psychology of Sex Differences", which became front page of The New York Times Book Review.[3] In 1975 it was a best seller in The New York Times.[4] Here they dismissed many beliefs about gender differences; that girls are more social than boys, and have lower self-esteem and are better at rote learning. Jackli and Maccoby argued that the evidence of their research does not support the stigmas surrounding gender differences in society.[5]

At Stanford Jacklin was a vocal

Clayman Institute for Gender Research alongside Myra Strober.[6][2] In 1983, The New York Times described her as a "leading expert on gender differences".[7] Jacklin and Maccoby were two of the first researchers to study the differences between boys’ and girls’ learning.[3]

Jacklin moved her studies to the

faculty members and students.[8]

In 1995 Jacklin became Dean of the

Citadelto be treated fairly and equally.[6]

After her long career, Jacklin retired to San Diego, where she became a certified Master Gardener.[2] She wrote a newspaper column "Mountain Greening" for local newspapers.[1] Jacklin had a daughter, Beth Nagy, and son, Phillip Jacklin.[6] In 2011 she rejected Chemotherapy for a diagnosis of terminal cancer, and died one week later.[8]

References

  1. ^
    PMID 23276076
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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i George, Meghan. "Carol Nagy Jacklin - Psychology's Feminist Voices". www.feministvoices.com. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
  3. ^
    OCLC 1160097
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  4. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2018-02-04.
  5. OCLC 435911851.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link
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  6. ^ a b c d "Remembering Carol Louise Nagy (Jacklin), Founding Member of the Clayman Institute | The Clayman Institute for Gender Research". gender.stanford.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-03-12. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
  7. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2018-02-04.
  8. ^ a b c "In Memoriam: Carol Nagy, 72 > News > USC Dornsife". Retrieved 2018-02-04.
  9. S2CID 143874516
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  10. ^ "In Memoriam: Carol Nagy, 72". Retrieved 2018-02-04.
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