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Claire A Walters
Claire A Walters was, for 41 years, a teacher and psychologist in the Cleveland public school system whose life work was the rehabilitation of underprivileged children.
Born in Cleveland to Phillip and Mary (Whelan) Walters, Claire graduated from Central High School in 1893 and Cleveland Normal School in 1897. She began her career by teaching at Fowler, Barkwill, Brownell and Eagle public schools. Continuing her own education, Walters graduated from the Vineland (NJ) Training School in 1912.
In 1922 Walters was appointed psychologist in the bureau of attendance for the Cleveland School Board and was responsible for examining difficult children. Never married, Walters devoted herself to her students and was often successful in helping them overcome such hardships as broken homes and poverty. For 25 years she taught at the Boys School, originally located at Clinton and W. 29th St., and was renowned for her ability to handle truants and anti-social boys.
Walters was also a psychologist and child study and placement worker for the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court from its founding in 1902. In 1912 she began work in Juvenile Delinquency child study. She served on the board of education for 30 years, doing special work with problem children.
Walters helped organize the first detention home and school which opened in Cleveland in 1908. She also helped establish a playground at Forest and Woodland Avenues.
Walters lived in Cleveland. Services were held at the Wade Memorial Chapel in LAKE VIEW CEMETERY.
Dr Elwyn Morey
Elwyn Morey was “probably the best-known child psychologist in Australia”.
Dr Jacqueline Jarrett Goodnow
Australian psychologist Jacqueline Goodnow’s research covered areas such as the distribution of work responsibilities in the family, the origins and outcomes of beliefs about parents, and the intergenerational transmission of social values.
Dr Cindy Gallois
Australian psychology professor at the University of Queensland. Amongst her areas of research interest are communication and health promotion, communication between professionals and patients, and intergenerational communication.
Dr Clare Wilson
Australian psychologist
Dr Helen Herrman
Professor and Director of Psychiatry at St Vincent’s Hospital and the University of Melbourne.
Dr Jill Cockburn
Jill Cockburn’s research interests include consultation skills training for health care professionals, quality use of medicines, quality care for people with cancer and chronic heart failure, and behavioural epidemiology.
Dr Ethel Stoneman
Ethel Stoneman was director of the State Psychological Clinic in Western Australia from its inception in 1926 until it was disbanded in 1930. She was later in private practice in Melbourne.
Dr Gwendolyn Nash
Nash worked as a medical officer in Hong Kong 1933-1938, before leaving for Britain with her family. Returning to Australia at the outbreak of World War II, Nash proceeded to hold a number of positions in the medical field, leading to five years working for the mental health department, which ended with her setting up private practice as a consulting psychiatrist.