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The Greenville Times
Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi
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Dr. Helen Bradford Thompson's 1898-1900 University of Chicago study on 25 men and 25 women finds men more emotional, inventive, and physically strong than women, who excel in memory; sexes equal in general information. She attributes men's mental superiority to societal training of independence in boys versus obedience in girls. Now at Mount Holyoke, she published results in a pamphlet.
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Man So Declared to Be by a Woman Doctor After Careful Comparison.
Dr. Helen Bradford Thompson Studies the Minds of the Two Sexes and Reaches Interesting Conclusions.
"Men are more emotional than women. Men are superior to women in inventiveness and physical strength. Women excel in memory, and the two sexes are equal in general information."
These are some of the conclusions reached by Dr. Helen Bradford Thompson, after a series of experiments on 25 men and 25 women conducted while she was at the University of Chicago, in the years 1898-1900.
Dr. Thompson, who is now director of the psychological laboratory at Mount Holyoke college, has published the results of her researches in a pamphlet just issued from the University of Chicago press.
Men's superior strength of mind, Dr. Thompson says, is not due to a sex difference, but to the influence of society as now organized, boys being taught to be independent while girls are taught obedience.
Miss Thompson was formerly an Englewood high school girl. She was graduated from the University of Chicago in 1900.
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1898 1900
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Dr. Helen Bradford Thompson conducted experiments on 25 men and 25 women at the University of Chicago from 1898-1900, reaching conclusions that men are more emotional than women, superior in inventiveness and physical strength, women excel in memory, and sexes equal in general information. Men's superior mental strength due to societal influences teaching boys independence and girls obedience. She graduated from the university in 1900 and now directs the psychological lab at Mount Holyoke college, publishing results in a pamphlet.