Biographical entry Stoneman, Ethel Turner (1890 - 1973)

Summary

Ethel Turner Stoneman was director of the State Psychological Clinic in Western Australia from its inception in 1926 until it was disbanded in 1930. She was later in private practice in Melbourne. Her major concern was with the diagnosis of mental deficiency, which eugenists then considered to be a major social problem.

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Events

1916

Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA) completed at the University of Western Australia

1916 - 1918

Career position - Studied intelligence testing and abnormal psychology at Stanford University in California, USA

1919 - 1923

Career position - Lecturer at the Teachers' Training College, Claremont

1924

Career position - Research in Britain and Europe

1926 - 1930

Career position - Director of the of the State Psychological Clinic in Western Australia

1933

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Edinburgh

1934

Career position - Consulting Psychologist in Perth

1935 - ?

Career position - Consulting Psychologist in Melbourne

Published resources

Book Sections

• Wilson, Janis, 'Stoneman, Ethel Turner (1890-1973), Psychologist', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 12, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1990, p. 103. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120120b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Turtle, Alison M., 'The First Women Psychologists in Australia', Australian Psychologist, vol. 25, no. 3, 1990, pp. 239-255. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Stoneman, Ethel Turner', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-627374. Details