Carol Nagy Jacklin

Carol Nagy Jacklin (1939 - 2011) was a developmental psychologist and gender scholar. She was the first woman to be dean of the Division of Social Sciences at the University of Southern California. She was a Women's Rights activist.

Education Carol Nagy was born in Chicago, Illinois on February 23, 1939. Nagy completed high school in Oak Park. Carol Jacklin completed a BA and MA in psychology. Short on money, Carol Jacklin became a teacher at the University of Connecticut and then San Jose City College. In 1975 it was a best seller in The New York Times. Here they dismissed many beliefs about gender differences; that girls are more social than boys, and have lower self-esteem and are better at rote learning. Jackli and Maccoby argued that the evidence of their research does not support the stigmas surrounding gender differences in society.

At Stanford Jacklin was a vocal women's rights activist, who campaigned against injustices forced upon women. Jacklin and Maccoby were two of the first researchers to study the differences between boys’ and girls’ learning. After these profound accomplishments, Jacklin took leave to work with biologists researching endocrinology at Caltech, and used to her expertise to implement policy changes for the fair treatment of female faculty members and students. With her extensive knowledge of gender differences and similarities, Jacklin served as an expert witness in sexual discrimination cases against corporations such as AT&T and General Motors. and helped women seeking admission to the Virginia Military Institute and the Citadelto be treated fairly and equally.

After her long career, Jacklin retired to San Diego, where she became a certified Master Gardener. She wrote a newspaper column "Mountain Greening" for local newspapers. Jacklin had a daughter, Beth Nagy, and son, Phillip Jacklin. In 2011 she rejected Chemotherapy for a diagnosis of terminal cancer, and died one week later.