Margaret Morgan Lawrence

Margaret Morgan Lawrence
Photo of Dr Margaret Morgan Lawrence
Born
Margaret Cornelia Morgan

(1914-08-19)August 19, 1914
New York City, U.S.
DiedDecember 4, 2019(2019-12-04) (aged 105)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Alma mater
Known for
  • Researching the presence and development of strength in young Black families
  • Author, The Mental Health Team in Schools (1971)
  • Author, Young Inner City Families (1975)
  • Subject of Balm in Gilead: Journey of a Healer (1988)
Scientific career
FieldsChild and adolescent psychiatry
Institutions

Margaret Cornelia Morgan Lawrence (August 19, 1914 – December 4, 2019)[1] was an American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, gaining those qualifications in 1948.[2][3] Her work included clinical care, teaching, and research, particularly into the presence and development of ego strength in inner-city families.[4] Lawrence studied young children identified as "strong" by their teachers in Georgia and Mississippi, as well as on sabbatical in Africa in 1973,[5] writing two books on mental health of children and inner-city families.[3] Lawrence was chief of the Developmental Psychiatry Service for Infants and Children (and their families) at Harlem Hospital for 21 years, as well as associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (P&S), retiring in 1984.[4]

  1. ^ Carey, Charles W. Jr. (2008). "Lawrence, Margaret Morgan". African Americans in Science: An Encyclopedia of People and Progress. ABC-CLIO. pp. 142–. ISBN 978-1-85109-998-6.
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  3. ^ a b "About Margaret Morgan Lawrence". Skyview Acres: A Cooperative Community. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
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