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Pauline Hamilton Dederer

Pauline Hamilton Dederer (October 2, 1878 – August 20, 1960) was an American biologist. She taught at Barnard College and Connecticut College.

Pauline Hamilton Dederer
A white woman with dark hair in a bouffant updo
Pauline H. Dederer, from the 1914 yearbook of Barnard College
BornOctober 2, 1878
Hoboken, New Jersey
DiedAugust 20, 1960
Red Bank, New Jersey
Occupation(s)Biologist, college professor

Early life and education edit

Pauline Hamilton Dederer was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, the daughter of Charles H. Dederer and Martha Martin Paul Dederer. Her mother owned a hotel in Sea Bright, New Jersey.[1] She graduated from Barnard College in 1901,[2] and earned a master's degree from Columbia University in 1907.[3] In 1903 she did embryological research at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.[4]

Career edit

Dederer taught at Barnard College and worked in the Zoological Laboratory at Columbia until 1917. In 1909 she spent a summer working at Harpswell Laboratory in Harpswell, Maine.[5] After 1917, she served on the Board of Fellows at Connecticut College and was made a full professor of biology there in 1922.[6][7]

In 1922, Dederer was a member of the Field Investigators Training Corps of the Eugenics Record Office.[8] She made headlines for teaching an undergraduate course in genetics in 1930, which included eugenic advice about marriage and children. "Our girls go out from this course with critical knowledge of the salient facts, an interest in human genetics, and a realization of its importance in relation to psychological and social problems," she explained.[9]

In 1921, she wrote "What is a College Education For?" for The Woman Citizen.[10][11] She was president of the New London branch of the American Association of University Women.[12]

Selected publications edit

  • "Spermatogenesis in Philosamia cynthia" (1907)[13]
  • "Comparison of Caenolestes with Polyprotodonta and Diprotodonta" (1909)[14]
  • "Pressure Experiments on the Egg of Cerebratulus lacteus" (1910)[15]
  • "Oogenesis in Philosamia cynthia" (1915)[16]
  • "The Behavior of Cells in Tissue Cultures of Fundulus heteroclitus with Special Reference to the Ectoderm" (1921)[17]
  • "Variations in chromosome number in the spermatogenesis of Philosamia cynthia" (1928)[18]
  • "Polyovular follicles in the cat" (1934)[19]
  • "The production of giant spermatocytes in philosamia cynthia by means of x-rays" (1940)

Personal life edit

Dederer died in 1960, aged 81 years, in Red Bank, New Jersey.

References edit

  1. ^ "Obituary for Martha M. Dederer". The Daily Register. 1933-02-01. p. 11. Retrieved 2021-10-16 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Says Connecticut College Trains for Real Living". Norwich Bulletin. 1922-03-27. p. 8. Retrieved 2021-10-16 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Barnard College, Mortarboard (1914 yearbook): 30.
  4. ^ "Woods Holl". Barnard Bulletin. 1903-09-28. p. 1. Retrieved 2021-10-16 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "The Harpswell Laboratory". Science. 30 (772): 517–518. 1909-10-15. Bibcode:1909Sci....30..517.. doi:10.1126/science.30.772.517. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 17836615. S2CID 25563629.
  6. ^ "University and Educational News". Science. 45 (1171): 588–589. 1917-06-08. Bibcode:1917Sci....45..588.. doi:10.1126/science.45.1171.588. ISSN 0036-8075.
  7. ^ "Connecticut College Opens Year with Record Registration". Norwich Bulletin. 1922-09-21. p. 5. Retrieved 2021-10-16 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "The Training Corps of 1922". Eugenical News. 7: 112. October 1922.
  9. ^ "Scientist Avows Cousin Marriage Not Feared Now". The Journal. 1930-01-04. p. 1. Retrieved 2021-10-16 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Dederer, Pauline H. (August 13, 1921). "What is a College Education For?". The Woman Citizen. 6: 16.
  11. ^ "Says Connecticut College Trains for Real Living". Norwich Bulletin. 1922-03-27. p. 8. Retrieved 2021-10-16 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "State College Club Women Meet Here". Record-Journal. 1940-10-31. p. 9. Retrieved 2021-10-16 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ Dederer, Pauline H. "Spermatogenesis in Philosamia cynthia" Biological Bulletin (July 1907): 94-106.
  14. ^ Dederer, Pauline H. (1909). "Comparison of Caenolestes with Polyprotodonta and Diprotodonta". The American Naturalist. 43 (514): 614–618. doi:10.1086/279094. S2CID 84523493.
  15. ^ "Pressure Experiments on the Egg of Cerebratulus lacteus" (PDF). Archiv für Entwicklungsmechanik der Organismen: 225–241.
  16. ^ Dederer, Pauline Hamilton (1915). Oogenesis in Philosamia cynthia. Boston.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  17. ^ Dederer, Pauline H. (1921-10-01). "The behavior of cells in tissue cultures of fundulus heteroclitus with special reference to the ectoderm". The Biological Bulletin. 41 (4): 221–[240]–1. doi:10.2307/1536511. ISSN 0006-3185. JSTOR 1536511.
  18. ^ Dederer, Pauline H. (1928). "Variations in chromosome number in the spermatogenesis of Philosamia cynthia". Journal of Morphology. 45 (2): 599–613. doi:10.1002/jmor.1050450209. ISSN 1097-4687. S2CID 85691891.
  19. ^ Dederer, Pauline H. (November 1934). "Polyovular follicles in the cat". The Anatomical Record. 60 (4): 391–403. doi:10.1002/ar.1090600404. S2CID 85115816.
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