Ruth Wendell Washburn

Ruth Wendell Washburn (January 19, 1890 – July 1975) was an American educational psychologist. She received an A.B. from Vassar in 1913, an M.A. from Radcliffe in 1922, and a Ph.D. degree from Yale University in 1929. The Ruth Washburn Cooperative Nursery School in Colorado Springs, Colorado is named in her honor. in Northampton, Massachusetts, although the family moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 1893. She had two sisters, Miriam and Eleanor. In 1913, Washburn received her A.B. from Vassar College, and in 1922 she received her M.A. from Radcliffe College.

Selected works The list below contains some of the publications authored by Washburn.

The Smiling and Laughing of Infants, 1929. Children Have Their Reasons, 1942. Re-education in a Nursery Group: A Study in Clinical Psychology, 1944. Children Know Their Friends, 1949. Wisdom Begins at Birth, 1967.