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from the issue of February 8, 2007
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FROM THE ARCHIVES
Ruth Staples
Born Dec. 22, 1889 in Westborough, Mass., Ruth Staples taught the first University of Nebraska course in child development in fall 1926.
The course, "Child Care and Training," was held in collaboration with a preschool laboratory experience and was listed in the regular home economics curriculum.
Staples served NU from 1922 to 1956.
She took a leave of absence from 1925-1926 to study problems in child care and development. She returned to the university with a Masters of Arts degree from Columbia University. The leave included a period of study at the Merrill-Palmer school in Detroit, Mich., founded in 1919 with the mission to improve the lives of families and children.
Staples earned a doctorate from the University of Minnesota in 1930. The Child Development Laboratory was continuously under Staples' direction from 1930 until her 1956 retirement.
A new child development lab building was dedicated on June 5, 1970. The facility, the Ruth Staples Child Development Laboratory, was named in honor of Staples' service to the university and the field of child development.
This is a regular feature of the Scarlet. The image was provided by University Archives. Submit items to tfedderson2@unl.edu or call 472-8515.
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