The female psychologist who was elected and served as the first female president of the American Psychological Association in 1905 was ________.

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Mary Whiton Calkins was elected and served as the first female president of the American Psychological Association in 1905. Christine Ladd-Franklin was a respected psychologist and mathematician, but she never served as president of the APA. Margaret Floy Washburn was the first female to receive a PhD in psychology, but she was never president of the APA. Margaret Mead was a cultural anthropologist, not a psychologist, and she was never president of the APA.

The Female Psychologist Who Was Elected and Served as the First