A Forgotten Voice: A Biography of Leta Stetter Hollingworth

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The mother of gifted education has been forgotten, even though her words of 100 years ago are still as relevant today as they were back then.

Born in rural Nebraska in 1886, Leta Stetter Hollingworth (1886-1939) rose above a traumatic childhood and prejudice to become an influential psychologist, feminist, educator, author, and advocate for gifted children.

A Phi Beta Kappa graduate from the University of Nebraska, she helped form the Heterodoxy Club in New York City, joined the faculty at Columbia University, founded the Speyer School for the Gifted, and published numerous articles and books that provide insights into the education and special needs of gifted children and adults.

-Early education of gifted students

-Feminist and other social causes

-New sources, including interviews

-Previously unpublished photos

-Needs of profoundly gifted children

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Biography, history combine for an insighful book!.......2003-04-04

Far more than a biography, this book is also a history of gifted education and a snapshot of the life of the exceptionally gifted in our society. I learned a great deal while reading it, not only About Leta Hollingworth and her contemporaries in gifted, but about myself, and my fit within my world.

As a biography, "Leta" captures the imagination, taking you to turn-of-the-century Nebraska during the westward expansion. Life was not easy then, and Leta had a harder time of growing up than most. They say "What doesn't kill us makes us stronger," and this certainly applies to Leta's young life. Continuing to college at an early age, Leta faces a new challenge: she is a young woman in a man's world. While she is highly successful there, many still will not accept her, and her struggles continue.

As a history book, "Leta" is just as interesting, and should be required reading for any education or psychology degree program. The relationships between many of the leading historical figures in gifted psychology and education are explained, and the reader learns how their theories and experiences intertwine to form the basis of gifted theory of today.

And most importantly, Ann Klein has done a terrific job combining the elements of Leta Hollingworth's life into an enjoyable volume. Don't miss this book!

Challenging Myths.......2003-03-06

A Forgotten Voice: A Biography of Leta Stettler Hollingsworth
By Ann G. Klein, Ed.D

Which of us remembers when female students were not expected to excel in academic endeavors because of a belief that female physiology stood in the way of logical thinking and reasoning? Who of us can recall the time when equality in education meant that all children must learn the same things, at the same rate, and by the same processes of learning? Early in the 20th century, an exceptional young woman, Leta Stettler Hollingsworth, challenged those myths.
In her book, A Forgotten Voice: A Biography of Leta Stettler Hollingsworth, Dr. Ann G. Klein describes the hardships of Leta's early life and her struggle to take advantage of every educational opportunity possible to her. Leta's husband, Henry Levi Hollingsworth (Holly) was her constant companion, support and mentor. Together they moved from rural Nebraska to New York where each would find success and satisfaction though their involvement in the relatively new field of psychology at Columbia University's Teacher's College and at Barnard.

After a stint of baking lemon pies and researching the effect of caffeine in Coca Cola, Leta completed her graduate studies and had the opportunity to work with such eminent researchers and scholars as John Dewey, Lewis Terman, Edward Lee Thorndike, and Naomi Norsworthy. In addition to becoming an active feminist, Leta studied and worked with school children, primarily focusing on those who demonstrated very high intelligence. She was instrumental in founding the Speyer School, a New York City School for Exceptional students. Leta Hollingsworth served as educational advisor of the Terman classes for those students who scored 130 or above on the Stanford Binet IQ test.

In working with the Terman students, Leta introduced cooperative and thematic studies, observed the "special perplexities" (social and emotional needs) of gifted children, noted the frequency of uneven (asynchronous) development, and recognized the benefits of grouping gifted students to provide stimulus and challenge.

While the life of Leta Stettler Hollingsworth was cut short, her influence lives on. I thank Dr. Ann G. Klein and Great Potential Press for sharing her with us.

A Private Life.......2003-02-21

BOOK REVIEW
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Bob Heckel

A Forgotten Voice: A Biography of Leta Stetter Hollingworth

Ann G. Klein, Ed. D.
Great Potential Press, Inc. 2002

Psychologists have rarely been the subjects of published biographies, or autobiograhies, for that matter. The few published exceptions have had little to do with their psychological contributions, but much to do with their personal lives. Elitist Henry Murray rated an extended biography and even a review in The New Yorker, not for his psychological contributions, but rather for his affair(s) and his social connections.

So it is a rare treat to find a biography of one of the early important female contributors to the areas of clinical, school and developmental psychology, Leta Stetter Hollingworth(1886-1939). Dr. Ann Klein has produced a major contribution in her work, despite the extreme difficulty of tracking down information on a very private, independent, determined, taciturn midwesterner(some might have called her "feisty"). Dr. Klein's effort took 12 years to completion, during which time she sought every possible source and visited the few living relatives, as well as the places of Leta' s early life, the small towns and rural areas of Nebraska.
Her task was made doubly difficult because her husband, eminent psychologist Harry Hollingworth, destroyed her letters, and gave her research papers to her colleagues. Some of her poetry remains, and are presented in the book.

This work documents and describes the triumph of Leta's overcoming the traumas of her mothers death when she was three, an errant and neglectful father, a cruel stepmother, life in the primitive conditions of prairie living in a sod cabin. From this she rose, through her determination and extremely high level of ability to successfully complete her college training at Nebraska. There she met her husband, Harry and together they sought degrees in psychology at Columbia. Leta faced the problems of all women of that time, a psychological community that felt higher education was inappropriate for them. The book rercounts her struggles, the important figures who played major roles in her academic life and interests, Thorndike, Terman and others. Well documented are the flowering of her intersts and work with the gifted which resulted in a number of books, papers and research projects, many still highly relevant 64 years after her death.

Her efforts on behalf of female equality brought her in contact with some of the most outspoken and radical feminists of the time. She a active participant in their work, though she was not a political liberal. She also held conservative views on eugenics, heredity and other topics, not unlike many eminent psychologists of that time( Cattell, Terman, Yerkes, Hall). In many ways reading about her views suggests positions not unlike Libertarians of today.

What is missing in this work is a glimpse of the inner person. Leta was very private, and if she left any of the kinds of notes which would help us understand her long illness with cancer(10 yrs.), her feelings about not having children, or a deeper insight into her relationship with her husband, this was not to be.What does come through is a triumph over incredible odds, and the achievement of the highest level of success by a very determined woman.

This is a book well worth reading. Thoe interested in the gifted might become acquainted with the press publishing this work. They offer a number of interesting works in this area.

Very enjoyable.......2003-02-18

As a history buff and a lover of biographies with an interest in the studies of human potential, I found this book fascinating. What a great opportunity it was to get to know Leta Stetter Hollingworth from her own perspective as well as the perspective of her husband, family, co-workers, friends, and rivals. The book was nicely rounded, and the balance of personal information combined with historic and academic information was satisfying. Well, almost anyway. The book definitely left me wanting to learn more about Leta.

A Voice to be Remembered.......2003-01-23

"A Forgotten Voice" is not just one more "I've got to read this because I should" biography. Dr. Klein has woven the threads of Leta Hollingworth's life and the strands of educational philosophy (both past and present) into a cloak well worth the trying on. I highly recommend this volume to anyone with an interest in gifted education/psychology and/or the lives of influential women. You will not be disappointed.

Klein, A. G. (2002). A forgotten voice: a biography of Leta Stetter Hollingworth.(Book Review) (book review): An article from: Roeper Review

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When the United States Golf Association held the first national championships in October of 1895, at Newport Golf Club, the main event was the US Amateur, won by Charles B. Macdonald, a founder of the USGA. The Open was held the next day. It consisted of thirty-six holes--four times around Newports nine-hole course. Eleven players entered, and the winner, Horace Rawlins, won $150 and a gold medal. From these modest beginnings the Open has become one of the great sporting events in the world, and the ultimate challenge in golf. In this new edition of The U.S. Open: Golf's Ultimate Challenge, veteran golf writer Robert Sommers provides the definitive history of this glorious event. Sommers follows the Open year by year--and often recounts historic rounds hole by hole--as he captures the drama of the golf's greatest championship. Sommers provides memorable portraits of all the greats who have competed. We meet Willie Anderson, who dominated the Open at the turn of the century, winning four times in five years, and Francis Ouimet, the young American amateur who shocked the sports world by defeating the greatest player of the time, Harry Vardon, in a playoff for the 1913 Open. Sommers recounts how Walter Hagen, who had faded in the final round in 1913, almost quit golf for baseball, until a friend paid his way to the 1914 Open, which Hagen won. He describes Bobby Jones's close victory in the 1930 Open (helped by a controversial decision by referee Prescott Bush), the third leg of the famous Grand Slam, and he shows how Ben Hogan--still in pain from a terrible car accident almost 18 months earlier--survived a grueling Open at Merion, with both legs wrapped in bandages, to win in a playoff. Readers will also find vivid accounts of Arnold Palmer's stirring charge from behind at Cherry Hills (as well as his stunning debacle on the final nine at Olympic), Ken Venturi's moving victory at Congressional while near collapse from heat and dehydration, and Jack Nicklaus's face-to-face duel with Isao Aoki at Baltusrol. The new edition brings the book completely up to date, now covering the years from 1987 to 1995, including Curtis Strange's triumphs in 1988 and 1989; Tom Kite's blunders at Oak Hill, where he lost a three-shot lead on one hole, and his scrambling victory at Pebble Beach; and Corey Pavin's gritty performance at Shinnecock Hills. The book also features up-to-date statistics on the Open and a year-by-year summary of the event. Here then is a vivid look at the ultimate golfing event, as Robert Sommers takes us inside the ropes and lets us watch, shot by shot, some of the greatest rounds in Open history. Equally important, he paints insightful portraits of the players themselves--whether Bobby Jones, or Gene Sarazen, or Ben Hogan, or Tom Watson--showing us what they had to overcome to win, both on and off the course, giving us a better sense of what makes a true champion.

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This encyclopedia of science fiction movies is the most comprehensive and perhaps the best of Phil Hardy's collection (check out The Western and Horror as well). It provides excellent commentary on the hundreds of science fiction films made between 1895 and 1994. Each review also lists the movie's director, star, writer, and most important technical credits. Hardy's treatment of the genre runs the gamut from the sublime to the absurd, covering classics such as Metropolis and Things to Come, popular favorites such as Star Wars and E.T., and the silly excesses of Dr. Breedlove and The Man with Two Brains. The volume also includes a list of science fiction rental champs and important writers and critics' nominees for the best sci-fi films of all time.

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Buy two...you'll wear the first one out!.......2005-06-27

I've had this excellent book for several years, and I still go back to it at least once a month to look something up. There is simply no more complete reference guide to science fiction films available. Think you know science fiction cinema? Prepare to be humbled by the sheer volume of this book. I especially appreciate the reviews of the early, silent films, many of which we will probably never get to see.

Some of the reviews are better thought-out than others. And you may occasionally marvel at how a film you were sure was an all-time classic only gets a mediocre review. But these are minor quibbles for an otherwise excellent volume.

If you're a fan of sci-fi films, you absolutely MUST own this book. Yes, it's pricey, but it also might be the last film reference book you will ever need.

The Overlook Film Encyclopedia (Science Fiction).......2003-02-17

You can spend hours browsing trough this encyclopedia. Of course you will recognize many of the classic. Yet you may be surprised at the multitude of great films that you missed. There are better descriptions and stills than you find in most of the genre magazines.

Contents:

THE EARLY YEARS: Innocent Beginnings (1895-1919)
THE TWENTIES: Dark Visions and Brash Adventure
THE THIRTIES: Mad Scientists and Comic Book Heroes
THE FORTIES: Science Fiction Eclipsed

THE FIFTIES: Science Fiction Reborn
THE SISTIES: Science Fiction Respectable
THE SEVENTIES: Big Budgets and Big Bucks
THE EIGHTIES: Science Fiction Triumphant

I am not going to bore you with the list of my favorites but I challenge you not to fine one of yours.

Outstanding reference work!.......2001-01-28

This really has to be recognised as a monumental reference work. The sheer breadth of material found and reviewed by Hardy is extraordinary. I will be using this book for years to come.

The most comprehensive I've seen yet.......1999-12-14

A treasure chest that covers all sf movies from 1895 to the present. If it's not in here, it probably wasn't made--everything from Mexican quickies starring popular Mexican wrestling champions to Hungarian space-vampires to the late 1950's "The Colussus of New York" (a film I had been trying to find the name of for 30 years). And it's stuffed with pictures--about 450 b&w and color.

UN SUEÃ`O HECHO REALIDAD.......1999-10-18

Hardy entrega a los fans más exigentes del cine de ciencia ficción un trabajo colosal, absolutamente recomendable, de enorme envergadura (se analizan, año a año, con detalle 1.550 películas), trazado con sumo cuidado (cada crítica, analiza la obra y habla del autor, haciendo referencia a otras obras destacadas del género...y cada década se abre con un miniensayo sobre el panorama del género), y con enorme amplitud de miras (no se centra únicamente en el cine anglosajón, sino que cubre películas de todo el mundo). Es muy difícil dar cantidad y calidad, pero Hardy triunfa en extensión y en detallismo.

El genial libro de Phil Hardy sirve tanto para el profano en la materia como para el profesional que necesita información más detallada y rigurosa, no defraudando a nadie...realmente es muy difícil que entre las 1.550 películas, desde los orígenes del cine hasta 1994, que se critican (NO SE TRATA DE MERAS SINOPSIS ARGUMENTALES... sino que a una pequeña ficha técnica, y a la sipnosis, se une una crítica valorativa, e información sobre el director, la realización, u otros detalles de interés) no esté lo que andas buscando, por el contrario encontrarás gran cantidad de títulos de los que jamás habías oído hablar.

Para redondear esta imprescindible obra, añadir que la edición está realmente muy cuidada (en gran formato), con estupendo papel, y que se incluyen más de 500 fotografías (todas en blanco y negro) realmente fantásticas. Sólo pienso que deberían haberse añadido más índices, pues resulta muy complicado encontrar películas por director.

Para todo amante del cine fantástico, esta obra se complementa con su homóloga del cine de terror,también de Hardy...creo que sería una buena idea, agrupar ambos volúmenes, en una edición de lujo "Fantastique", con caja y tapa dura, sería ideal para coleccionistas.

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Gamers are just beginning to explore and understand the power of QuakeC, the next-generation game programming environment developed by the creators of DOOM. Included with this book is qED, the easiest and most flexible level design editor yet built for the Quake game engine. Using qED and the tutorials in this book, readers will quickly be able to build their own unique Quake environments for single play or for multiplayer "deathmatches" over networks or the Internet. The author provides a hands-on introduction to game design and includes a generous selection of the hottest Quake levels from independent developers. tagliaferri is also the author of the best-selling Duke Nukem 3D Level Design Handbook.

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you are the CREATOR!!.......1998-08-30

If you loved quake and love the evil feel of the game, make you own feel of the game!! This helps you make you own world! This book is a must buy after you beat Quake and want more then just deathmatchs!

What a RUSH it is to play levels that you designed !!!.......1998-08-29

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From the authors of the highly successful How to Succeed with Women, here's the insider's guide to getting a man and keeping him.

Forget The Rules. At last, there's a guide to what men really want from a relationship written by the reigning experts on the subject: men! Gender studies specialists Ron Louis and David Copeland deliver the targeted, no-nonsense advice any single or divorced woman needs to find a good man. While publicizing their first team effort, How to Succeed with Women, Ron and David received many requests from the female audiences wanting to know when a book for them would be forthcoming.

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Instead of simply teaching tricks to hook a man, Louis and Copeland give women valuable insights into what truly makes the opposite sex tick...and reveal precisely how to connect with the right man.

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So-so.......2006-06-10

It has good advice inside but is very repitious. Also I read How to Succeed with Women. Most of the stories are the same (just switch gender and name) He tells men how to get sex and tell women how to get a committed relationship. He advices women to not have sex too soon encourages them to be late for the date. He tells men to be on time because the women will be late and to make a plan to get her in bed (and other connections between the two books that enforces his screenplay of how the date should go.) Although I found some of his advice to be helpful, most of his advice says to take as must abuse as possible. Such as let him/her stand you up three times. Or leave messages twice even if they aren't returned, Don't say things that might offend and avoid conflict(even in the relationship), always say "you're right" and other things that goes against every other dating book in America. This book did, however, encourage me to make a plan (time frame) for marriage. Of course my plan won't including living with a man for six months before we even discuss marriage like the woman's in the book. If you want to get married, read "The List". It doesn't take that long for him to know if he wants to marry you or not.

A concrete plan.......2005-10-23

No abstractions about self-esteem here. The authors give plenty of concrete actions. They also help women to understand that dating is a numbers game and they should not be invested too soon in one man, a big pitfall with many of us. For those of us burned out on the dating scene a reminder to appreciate a man's good qualities helps overcome some of the cynicism of the territory. The attitude check is important. If we think men are spoiled babies, dating is just not fun.

Some of the advice is a little dated. Computer dating has come a long way in 5 years. Sure the authors are a little full of themselves, but then we can stroke their egos a bit. They remind us that we are the woman worth winning. With such good advice it is worth it.

A Winner for the Dating Market.......2005-09-23

This is a fabulous book. When I first bought it I thought it would be just another dating book, but I had yet to discover the gems between it's covers. I have read just about every other "how to get a man" book on the market, and though they all have something to offer, this is the only book which doesn't insult the reader by overgeneralizing, labeling, encouraging mindless games, and being vague about behavior. Written in textbook style, this genteel book offers solid, workable and realistic advice a woman can use which can improve her relationships dramatically. It speaks to the reader in a kindly and intelligent fashion, without preaching, and refers to men in a humanistic "they are people too" way. It's techniques are simple and uncomplicated, and the authors are encouraging to the reader. As soon a I read the chapter consisting of the 10 myths about men, I saw for the 1st time how my own beliefs were getting in the way of my finding a good relationship. I began applying what I learned and noticed an immediate improvement. A real eye-opener.

It is a plan.......2005-07-09

I liked this book, because instead of giving you vague, abstract advice like 'Just be yourself' or 'Act approachable' the authors give you an actual plan that you can follow to the letter or when you feel more comfortable with men, use sparingly. The only thing that concerned me was the 'testing' part of the book. It seems to me someone bright would be able to see what you are doing and be offended.

From a Guy.......2005-07-06

I bought "How to Succeed with Women" and thought that book was outstanding. Accidently coming across this one and bought it immediately. The purposes of each book, while seemingly complimentary, are actually so different you would never know they were written by the same people.

HTSWW focues on succeeding at dating as an end - the endgame being the third date, at which time it becomes a relationship and no longer "dating." HTSWW focuses on how to find the right man with the endgame being marriage.

That being said, thanks, guys, for giving a guy a perspective on how women think from guys' perspective. I think.

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