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jan 1, 1894 - Margaret Floy Washburn becomes the first woman to earn a PhD in psychology

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Margaret Floy Washburn was the first woman to earn a doctoral degree in American psychology (1894) and the second woman, after Mary Whiton Calkins, to serve as APA President.

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jan 1, 1894
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~ 132 years ago