This Day in Women’s History

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Helen Thompson Woolley's dissertation, titled "The Mental Traits of Sex: An Experimental Investigation of the Normal Mind in Men and Women," was a groundbreaking work in the field of psychology. Completed in 1914, Woolley's research aimed to challenge prevailing stereotypes and beliefs about gender differences in mental abilities. Her study was one of the earliest systematic attempts to investigate whether there were significant cognitive disparities between men and women. Woolley conducted a series of experiments involving memory, attention, and reasoning skills, comparing the performances…