Wright, Beatrice Ann Posner, 1917-

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Birth 1917-12-16

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Born on December 16, 1917, Beatrice A. Posner married M. Erik Wright on September 7, 1940. She had three children, her last (Woodring E. Wright) was born in 1949, a year after Beatrice began her professional career in academe. During the 1950s - Erik taught in KU's Department of Psychology and due to nepotism regulations, Beatrice was not invited to join the Department of Psychology faculty until 1964, when she became an asscoiate professor. She became a full professor in 1967. Her 1960 book publication, Physical Disability -- A Psychological Approach, was a landmark text in the field which was subsequently translated into Dutch (1964) and Polish (1965). http://www2.kumc.edu/etwrc/wright_beatrice.html

From the guide to the Beatrice A. Wright Papers, 1960s-1980s, (University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library University Archives)

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