Florence Sara Dunlop (1896, Rideau View, Ontario – 1963, Ottawa) was a Canadian psychologist, teacher and pioneer in education for special needs children.[1] She was one of the first teachers hired in the Department of Psychology at Carleton University,[2] and one of the founders and the president of the International Council for Exceptional Children.[3][4]

Early life and education

Dunlop was born in Rideau View, Ontario, in 1896.[5] She attended Ottawa Normal school, graduating in 1916.[1] After graduation, she started teaching in nearby rural areas, then went to study at Queen's University, receiving a bachelor's degree in 1924 and master's degree in 1931, PhD in psychology from Teachers College, Columbia University in 1935.[5]

Career

In the early 1920s, Dunlop entered a one-year exchange-teacher program in London, followed by travels to South Africa, Australia and New Zealand where she visited schools and studied programs for students with special needs.[1] She was employed as a psychologist by the Ottawa Public School Board where she was the supervisor of special education from 1927 until 1961. She was among the founders of the Carleton University in Ottawa, where she lectured from 1942 to 1945.[5] From July 1945 until May 1947, she was the president of the International Council for Exceptional Children.[6] For fifteen summers, she taught at the Columbia University.[1]

In 1960, President Dwight D. Eisenhower invited Dunlop to attend the 1960 White House Conference on Children and Youth.[4] At the age of 65, she accepted a post of the professor at San Francisco State College but, in 1962, illness forced her to return to Ottawa.[1]

Florence Dunlop died in Ottawa in 1963.[2]

Commemoration

Works

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Anne Commire; Deborah Klezmer (1999–2002). Women in world history : a biographical encyclopedia. Waterford, CT: Yorkin Publications. ISBN 0-7876-3736-X. OCLC 41108563.
  2. ^ a b c "Florence Dunlop Scholarship". Carleton FutureFunder. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  3. ^ Canadian Welfare. Canadian Welfare Council. 1947. p. 32.
  4. ^ a b Fleming, Alice Mulcahey (1965). Great women teachers. Internet Archive. Philadelphia, Lippincott. pp. 131–143.
  5. ^ a b c Dagg, Anne Innis (1 January 2006). The Feminine Gaze: A Canadian Compendium of Non-Fiction Women Authors and Their Books, 1836-1945. Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-88920-845-2 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ Chidley, Nadine (1 April 1965). "Bulletin". Exceptional Children. 31 (8): 440–443. doi:10.1177/001440296503100808. ISSN 0014-4029. S2CID 220389160.
    - Sessional Papers. Legislature of the Province of Ontario. 1948.
  7. ^ History of Canadian Childhood and Youth: A Bibliography. Greenwood Publishing Group. 1992. p. 272. ISBN 978-0-313-28585-1 – via Google Books.
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