Kenworthy, Marion E. (c. 1891–1980)
Kenworthy, Marion E. (c. 1891–1980)
American psychiatrist. Born c. 1891 in Hampden, MA; died June 26, 1980, in NY, NY.
Known as "mother of psychiatric social work," was the 1st woman physician at Gardner State Colony for Chronic Mental Patients (MA); became 1st director of the initial mental hygiene clinic of YWCA (1919); became the 1st woman professor of psychiatry at Columbia University (NY, 1930); was the 1st woman elected president of American Psychoanalytic Association (1958). The Marion E. Kenworthy Chair in Psychiatry at Columbia's School of Social Work was established by friends, colleagues and former students.
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