Lorine Livingston Pruette, 1896-1977

Lorine Livingston Pruette, psychologist, writer and lecturer, was born November 3, 1896, in Millersburg, Tennessee, the daughter of Oscar Davis and Eula (Miller) Pruette. She grew up in Chattanooga and attended Chattanooga High School, graduating in 1915. She received a B.S. degree from the University of Chattanooga (1918), an M.A. from Clark University (1920), and a Ph.D. from Columbia University (1924), with a dissertation entitled Women and Leisure, A Study of Social Waste .

An early feminist, as seen in her writing, LLP kept her maiden name after her marriage to Douglas Fryer in 1920. LLP and Fryer collaborated on several studies and articles before their divorce in 1932.

Before and after graduation from Columbia University LLP taught sociology and psychology at various schools, including Smith College (1922-1923), University of Utah (1923-1924), and New York University (1926-1927), and was a research psychologist at R. H. Macy and Company (1925-1926) and consulting psychologist for the Graduate School of New York University (1928-1933).

LLP then held editorial positions with the American Woman's Association (1934-1935), the Commission on Human Relations, Progressive Education Association (1936-1940), National Bureau for Economic Research (1941-1943), and the Office of War Information (1943-1944). She joined the staff of New York Medical College in 1954, but most of her counselling was done in private practice, both in New York City and in Tennessee.

LLP died in 1977.

From the guide to the Papers, 1915-1974, (Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute)