Florence Bagley
| Florence Winger Bagley | |
|---|---|
| Born |
7 January 1874 Clay Lick, Pa, USA |
| Nationality | USA |
| Fields | Psychologist |
| Institutions | Cornell University, USA |
| Alma mater | University of Nebraska |
| Thesis | (1901) |
| Doctoral advisor | E. B. Titchener |
| Spouse | William C Bagley |
Florence MacLean Winger Bagley (born 1874)[1] was a nineteenth century American psychologist.[2]
Career
Bagley studied at University of Nebraska, gaining AB (1895) and AM (1898) degrees, and being appointed as a Fellow in Psychology. She then moved to Cornell University, again as a Fellow in Psychology, holding the Susan Linn Sage Fellowship in Philosophy and Ethics. She completed her doctoral research in 1901 but did not complete writing her dissertation.[1][3] However, her work was published under the guidance of her supervisor, Edward B. Titchener.[2] She was recognized with membership in Sigma XI from Cornell and was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma.[4] She was listed in the first biographical compilation of American scientists.[5]
Research
Bagley's research interests were the aesthetics of color. She investigated the optical illusion of colors appearing to the viewer when a disc with black and white sectors is spun (Prevost-Fechner-Benham Subjective Colors). She conducted a systematic analysis of the response, first described by Fechner. Her work defined that a low rate of rotation was required for this subjective effect.[6]
Personal life
Bagley was the daughter of Margaret (nee Irwin) and Joseph W Winger. She met William Chander Bagley at Cornell and married him in Lincoln, Nebraska, 14 August 1901.[4] He had also initially trained as a psychologist as well as working as a school teacher, and became an educator as a career. In autumn 1901 her husband obtained a post as principal of Meramec Elementary School in St. Louis, Missouri,[7] and she moved there with him. The family subsequently moved several times and in 1914 she was recorded as living in Dillon, Montana and was described as a writer.[4] They had 2 daughters and 2 sons (Ruth Winger, Florence Winger; Joseph Winger, William Chandler).
References
- 1 2 Dua, Aarti (2006). Feminist Psychology. MD Publications Pvt Ltd. p. 320. ISBN 978-8175330955.
- 1 2 Bagley, Florence Winger (1902). "An investigation of Fechner's colors". American Journal of Psychology. 14 (4): 488–525.
- ↑ Proctor, Robert W; Evans, Rand (Winter 2014). "E. B. Titchener, Women Psychologists and the Experimentalists". American Journal of Psychology. 127 (4): 501–526.
- 1 2 3 "Woman's who's who of America, 1914-15". Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- ↑ Cattell, James McKeen (1906). American men of science: A Biographical Directory (First ed.). New York: Science Press.
- ↑ Nelson, Thomas M; Bartley, S Howard; Bourassa, Charles M; Ball, Richard J (1971). "Symposium on Alternation of Response". The Journal of General Psychology. 84: 3–177.
- ↑ Null, J Wesley. "William C. Bagley (1874–1946) - Early Career, Teachers College". Education Encyclopedia - StateUniversity.com. Retrieved 30 July 2016.