ABSTRACT
In 1925 Florence Goodenough wrote from Minneapolis to her mentor, Lewis Terman, at Stanford: “I’ve been waiting until things became sufficiently shaped so that one could look at them before writing you about the new job, which, I must say in the beginning, promises to be mighty interesting” (Goodenough, 1925). The new job at the just-launched Minnesota Institute of Child Welfare proved to be both interesting and a perfect fit for Goodenough. As a teacher, researcher, and mentor at the Minnesota Institute, she left a lasting imprint on the testing and child development fields, contributing multiple textbooks, innovative research methods, and a well-known intelligence test for children. She was one of the few women of her era to achieve the status of starred scientist in American Men of Science, an honor bestowed by professional peers. Her legacy is all the more impressive given the short span of her university career: She worked at the Institute for only 22 years, only 61 when forced to retire in 1947 due to illness. Florence Goodenough. https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780203806135/53033083-3e02-48c0-88bf-b3501014f267/content/fig2_1_B.jpg" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/> (Courtesy of the University of Minnesota Archives, University of Minnesota–Twin Cities. With permission.)
