Frances Drewry McMullen
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March 20, 1898
Frances Drewry McMullen | |
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 From her 1921 passport application | |
| Born | Martha Frances Drewry March 20, 1898 Petersburg, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | September 11, 1995 (aged 97) West Orange, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, educational psychologist |
Martha Frances Drewry McMullen (March 20, 1898 – September 11, 1995) was an American journalist and educational psychologist. She was on the Sunday staff of The New York Times. She also contributed to national periodicals in the 1920s and 1930s. She later became an educational psychologist in New Jersey.
Martha Frances Drewry was born in Petersburg, Virginia, the daughter of William Francis Drewry and Bessie Seabury Drewry.[1] Her father was a physician, president of the American Psychiatric Association, and superintendent of Virginia's Central State Hospital.[2] She graduated from Randolph Macon Women's College in 1918, and earned a master's degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. With a Pulitzer scholarship awarded in 1921,[3] she pursued further studies at the London School of Economics.[4]
In midlife, McMullen returned to school, earning another master's degree in child development from Teachers College, Columbia University.[4] Her master's thesis was titled "The Meaning of the IQ as Interpreted in a Progressive School Conducted at Boston Country Day School" (1935).[5]
Career
McMullen was the first woman political writer on the staff of the Baltimore Sun.[4] She was a member of the Sunday staff of The New York Times and a contributor to Current History, Everybody's Magazine, The Woman's Journal,[6][7] The World's Work,[8] and The North American Review.[9][10] Later in life, she was a school psychologist in Millburn, New Jersey, and at Buxton Country Day School. She was active on the Board of Trustees of the Millburn Public Library.[4]