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Conclusion

Reflecting on the Collective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2022

By
Jamila Bookwala  and
Nicky J. Newton
Edited by
Jamila Bookwala  and
Nicky J. Newton
Jamila Bookwala
Affiliation:
Lafayette College, Pennsylvania
Nicky J. Newton
Affiliation:
Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario
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In the concluding chapter, Bookwala and Newton reflect on the women featured in this volume as a collective, highlighting commonalities in their experiences, strengths, and influence as psychologists. These pioneers, who stand on the shoulders of other women who entered psychology decades earlier, have had distinguished careers and have transformed their fields, institutions, and academia through their contributions and accomplishments. Using theoretical frameworks and key constructs within life span development, Bookwala and Newton weave together a tapestry to explain these remarkable women’s journeys as trailblazers and paradigm changers in a climate and environment in academia that was unwelcome and even hostile to women. Bookwala and Newton also use their concluding chapter to situate the volume in the COVID-19 pandemic, which has had a profound and disproportionate impact on the professional and personal lives of women scholars: an impact that could be prolonged, and that risks undermining the very strides in gender equity that the contributors in this volume fought so hard for and won.

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Reflections from Pioneering Women in Psychology , pp. 342 - 352
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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