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in 1921. She became its director in 1924 and stayed until 1940, when she became professor of psychiatry. In 1956, she retired and awarded Emeritus status. A Chair was established in her honor and she was named a Trustee to the Board of Columbia University. In 1968, the
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under Glueck. When he left in 1924, she assumed the directorship. The Bureau had been established as a demonstration clinic for the mental health problems of children. During her tenure, Kenworthy trained in psychoanalysis with
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Kenworthy contributed to the education of thousands of social workers and helped to professionalize the profession. She fostered
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in 1908 at the age of 17, and graduated cum laude with a medical degree in 1913. She accepted an appointment at the
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in Massachusetts, the first woman ever on the hospital medical staff. After three years, she moved to the
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Finding aid to Marion E. Kenworthy papers at Columbia University. Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
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Kenworthy achieved a number of "firsts." She was the first elected woman vice president of the
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Kenworthy moved to New York in 1919 to educate physical education teachers at the
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awarded her an honorary D.M.S., and in 1973 she received an honorary D.S. from
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as a specialization. She worked to integrate mental health concepts into the
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in Massachusetts. Her weekends and vacations were spent at the
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Proceedings of the International Congress of Mental Hygiene
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Guide to the Marion E. Kenworthy (1891-1980) Papers
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Index

psychiatrist
psychoanalyst
social workers
social work
Hampden, Massachusetts
Tufts Medical School
Gardner State Hospital
Foxborough State Hospital
Boston Psychopathic Hospital
Massachusetts Mental Health Center
Elmer Southard
child psychiatrist
Karl Menninger
Harry Solomon
Lawson Lowrey
psychiatry
Central School of Hygiene
YWCA
Vanderbilt Clinic
New York State Neurological Institute
glandular problems
Bernard Glueck
New York School of Social Work
Columbia University School of Social Work
Bureau of Child Guidance
Otto Rank
Department of Mental Hygiene
New York Social Work School
Medical College of Pennsylvania
Columbia University

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