Esther Loring Richards | |
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Born | June 6, 1885 Holliston, Massachusetts |
Died | July 6, 1956 (aged 71) Baltimore, Maryland |
Occupation | Child psychiatrist |
Esther Loring Richards (June 6, 1885 – July 6, 1956) was an American physician and child psychiatrist, based in Baltimore. She was on the faculty at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and psychiatrist-in-charge of the outpatient department at the Henry Phipps Psychiatric Clinic from 1920 until 1951.
Richards was born in Holliston, Massachusetts, [1] the daughter of David Jay Richards and Esther (Etta) Coffin Loring Richards. [2] [3] Her father was a Harvard-educated teacher and farmer. [4] [5] She graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1910, and completed her medical degree at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 1915. [6]
Richards was on the faculty at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and psychiatrist-in-charge of the outpatient department at the Henry Phipps Psychiatric Clinic from 1920 until 1951. Much of her work focused on child psychiatry, and on studies of mental hygiene. [7] She was also consulting physician for the Baltimore City Hospitals. [8]
Richards presented at the First International Congress on Mental Hygiene in 1930, in Washington, D.C. [9] She opposed the Eighteenth Amendment, and joined the Woman's Organization for National Prohibition Reform in 1931, [10] saying "prohibition, whether of the use of alcohol or anything else we may want or wish to do, will never develop in us or any people self control, a sense of social responsibility, or the ability to make wise choices for ourselves." [11]
In 1946, Richards and ten other women, including Lise Meitner, Virginia Gildersleeve, and Agnes de Mille, were honored by the National Press Club as the outstanding women of 1945. [12]
Richards published several books, and her work appeared in academic journals, including The New England Journal of Medicine, [13] Archives of Neurology and Psychiatry, [14] The Journal of Pediatrics, [15] The American Journal of Nursing, [16] American Physical Education Review, [17] The Pacific Coast Journal of Nursing, [18] The Public Health Nurse, [19] and American Journal of Public Health. [20]
Richards died in 1956, at the age of 71, at her Baltimore home. [20] Her papers are in the Chesney Archives at Johns Hopkins. [6] Her personal letters to zoologist Abby Howe Turner are in the collection of Mount Holyoke College. [32] The Esther Loring Richards Children's Center in Owings Mills, Maryland, was opened in 1958, and named in her memory. [33]
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Esther Loring Richards | |
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Born | June 6, 1885 Holliston, Massachusetts |
Died | July 6, 1956 (aged 71) Baltimore, Maryland |
Occupation | Child psychiatrist |
Esther Loring Richards (June 6, 1885 – July 6, 1956) was an American physician and child psychiatrist, based in Baltimore. She was on the faculty at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and psychiatrist-in-charge of the outpatient department at the Henry Phipps Psychiatric Clinic from 1920 until 1951.
Richards was born in Holliston, Massachusetts, [1] the daughter of David Jay Richards and Esther (Etta) Coffin Loring Richards. [2] [3] Her father was a Harvard-educated teacher and farmer. [4] [5] She graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1910, and completed her medical degree at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 1915. [6]
Richards was on the faculty at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and psychiatrist-in-charge of the outpatient department at the Henry Phipps Psychiatric Clinic from 1920 until 1951. Much of her work focused on child psychiatry, and on studies of mental hygiene. [7] She was also consulting physician for the Baltimore City Hospitals. [8]
Richards presented at the First International Congress on Mental Hygiene in 1930, in Washington, D.C. [9] She opposed the Eighteenth Amendment, and joined the Woman's Organization for National Prohibition Reform in 1931, [10] saying "prohibition, whether of the use of alcohol or anything else we may want or wish to do, will never develop in us or any people self control, a sense of social responsibility, or the ability to make wise choices for ourselves." [11]
In 1946, Richards and ten other women, including Lise Meitner, Virginia Gildersleeve, and Agnes de Mille, were honored by the National Press Club as the outstanding women of 1945. [12]
Richards published several books, and her work appeared in academic journals, including The New England Journal of Medicine, [13] Archives of Neurology and Psychiatry, [14] The Journal of Pediatrics, [15] The American Journal of Nursing, [16] American Physical Education Review, [17] The Pacific Coast Journal of Nursing, [18] The Public Health Nurse, [19] and American Journal of Public Health. [20]
Richards died in 1956, at the age of 71, at her Baltimore home. [20] Her papers are in the Chesney Archives at Johns Hopkins. [6] Her personal letters to zoologist Abby Howe Turner are in the collection of Mount Holyoke College. [32] The Esther Loring Richards Children's Center in Owings Mills, Maryland, was opened in 1958, and named in her memory. [33]
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