Author Description

Eleanor Maccoby is an American psychologist recognized for her research and scholarly contributions to the field of child and family psychology. The American Psychological Association listed Eleanor Maccoby as among the 100 most eminent psychologists of the 20th century. Throughout her career she studied developmental psychology, specifically, sex differences, gender development, gender differentiation, parent-child relations, child development, and social development from the child perspective. Her memoir traces her formative years in Tacoma, Washington, her college years, the early years of marriage to Nathan Maccoby, their lives through the years of World War II, graduate school at Michigan, the move to Massachusetts, the adoption of their three children, and the move to Stanford. The memoir describes the professional work that has brought her renown.