Edith Achilles

Edith Frances Mulhall Achilles (August 6, 1892 – March 1989), was an American

Early life and education

Edith Frances Mulhall Achilles was born August 6, 1892, in

In 1917, Edith married Paul Strong Achilles, a fellow student at Columbia University. Edith and Paul had one daughter.[3]

Career

After receiving her Ph.D. in 1918, Achilles began teaching at Columbia University and worked in the fields of school and clinical psychology. Once Paul earned his Ph.D. and began working in the field of psychology too, his work largely overshadowed Edith's. Edith worked for a number of years at Columbia University and

Edith published two notable papers during her career. The first, published in 1920, was entitled Experimental Studies in Recall and Recognition.[3]^[4]

The second paper was published in 1935, in partnership with Clairette Papin Armstrong and M.J. Sacks. It was called A Report of the Special Committee on Immigration and Naturalization of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York Submitting a Study on Reactions of Puerto Rican Children in New York City to Psychological Tests.^[5]

See also

• Developmental psychology
• Memory development
• School psychology
• Clinical psychology
• Psychological research methods

References