Mary j. Wright (1915-2014).

Abstract

Mary J. Wright was the first female director of the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA, 1959), its first female president (1968), and its first honorary president (1975). She was the first female chair of a major psychology department in Canada and a strong advocate for early childhood education. She was also an avid historian of psychology, which included the writing and editing, with her long-time friend Roger Myers, of the History of Academic Psychology in Canada (1982).