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Pauline Elizabeth Scarborough | |
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| Born | March 30, 1935 |
| Died | August 18, 2015 (at 80 years old) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Psychologist, Historian |
| Awards | APA Lifetime Achievement Award |
Pauline Elizabeth Scarborough (30 March 1935 – 18 August 2015) was an American historian of Psychology, born in Ruston, Louisiana. Scarborough transformed the understanding of early American Psychology through her work on the role and impact of women in the field.
In 1968 she co-founded Cheiron, the International Society for the History of the Behavioral and Social Sciences, an organization aimed to advocate international, interdisciplinary and collaborative research in the History of Behavioral and Social Sciences.
From 1980, Scarborough served as the chair of the Psychology department of the State University of New York, College at Fredonia. Later, in 1991, she held a position as the dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences in Indiana University, South Bend, until she retired.[1]
In cooperation with another historian of Psychology, Laurel Furumoto, she published their most famous book in 1987: Untold Lives: The First Generation of American Women Psychologists. In 2001, Scarborough received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Division 26 of the American Psychological Association (APA), in which she held a position as the president.[1]