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Frances Drewry McMullen

Martha Frances Drewry McMullen (March 20, 1898 – September 11, 1995) was an American journalist and educational psychologist. She was on the Sunday staff of The New York Times. She also contributed to national periodicals in the 1920s and 1930s. She later became an educational psychologist in New Jersey.

Frances Drewry McMullen
A white woman with short dark hair, slightly smiling
Frances Drewry, later McMullen, from her 1921 passport application
Born
Martha Frances Drewry

March 20, 1898
Petersburg, Virginia, U.S.
DiedSeptember 11, 1995 (aged 97)
West Orange, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation(s)Journalist, educational psychologist

Early life and education

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Martha Frances Drewry was born in Petersburg, Virginia, the daughter of William Francis Drewry and Bessie Seabury Drewry.[1] Her father was a physician, president of the American Psychiatric Association, and superintendent of Virginia's Central State Hospital.[2] She graduated from Randolph Macon Women's College in 1918, and earned a master's degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. With a Pulitzer scholarship awarded in 1921,[3] she pursued further studies at the London School of Economics.[4]

In midlife, McMullen returned to school, earning another master's degree in child development from Teachers College, Columbia University.[4] Her master's thesis was titled "The Meaning of the IQ as Interpreted in a Progressive School Conducted at Boston Country Day School" (1935).[5]

Career

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McMullen was the first woman political writer on the staff of the Baltimore Sun.[4] She was a member of the Sunday staff of The New York Times, and a contributor to Current History, Everybody's Magazine, The Woman's Journal,[6][7] The World's Work,[8] and The North American Review.[9][10] Later in life, she was a school psychologist in Millburn, New Jersey, and at Buxton Country Day School. She was active on the Board of Trustees of the Millburn Public Library.[4]

Publications

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In The New York Times

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McMullen covered art exhibits[11][12] and suburban concerns, including hunting, shooting, commuting, and swimming pools.[13][14][15] She also wrote profiles of presidents,[16][17] and features about totem poles and the history of the Christmas card.[18]

  • "Vivid Hunting Tales are Told in Bronze" (1926)[11]
  • "Americans Again March on Yorktown" (1926)[19]
  • "Dean of Mural Painters is Young at 78" (1926)[12]
  • "Many Presidents Devoted to the Joy of Sport" (1926)[16]
  • "Totem Poles Are Now to be Guarded" (1926)[20]
  • "Bay of the Foxhound is Heard Nearby" (1926)[13]
  • "Night Workers Ever on the Increase" (1926)[21]
  • "Christmas Card Reaches Gay Eightieth Birthday" (1926)[18]
  • "By Motor Boat These Commuters Come" (1927)[22]
  • "The Clay Pigeon Slaughter" (1927)[14]
  • "The Old Swimmin' Hole is Born A New" (1930)[15]
  • "A New Cloth Hall for Ypres" (1931)[23]
  • "Versatile Washington an Engineer of Vision" (1931)[17]

In The Woman Citizen or The Woman's Journal

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McMullen wrote multiple feature articles each year for The Women's Journal between 1924 and 1931. Many of her contributions were profiles, with subjects including Anna Pennybacker,[24] Minnie Maddern Fiske,[25] Mary Belle Sherman,[26] Anna Adams Gordon,[27] Bertha Brainard,[28] Erna Fergusson,[29] congresswomen Ruth Baker Pratt, Ruth Hanna McCormick, and Ruth Bryan Owen,[30] clergywomen including Helen Barrett Montgomery, Mabel Madeline Southard, and Caroline Bartlett Crane,[31] and businesswomen.[6][32][33] She interviewed Amelia Earhart in 1929,[34] and Margaret Mead in 1930.[35]

  • "Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker" (1924)[24]
  • "Mrs. Fiske" (1924)[25]
  • "The National Park Lady" (1924)[26]
  • "The W. C. T. U." (1925)[27]
  • "Women in the Pulpit" (1925)[31]
  • "Better Business Women in a Better Business World" (1925)[32]
  • "The Tree Lady" (1925)[36]
  • "Old America" (1926)[37]
  • "Mary Dillon, 'Gas Man'" (1926)[6]
  • "Sign-less Town" (1926)[38]
  • "One Way to Make Americans" (1926)[39]
  • "'Ask Miss Fergusson'" (1927)[29]
  • "Folk Dances for Fox Trots" (1927)[40]
  • "Edna Albert, Businesswoman" (1928)[33]
  • "The Three Ruths in Congress" (1928)[30]
  • "Making the Best of Garbage" (1928)[41]
  • "Bertha Brainard, Radio Producer" (1928)[28]
  • "The Best 'Man' for the Job" (1928)[42]
  • "Panhellenic House" (1929)[43]
  • "The Policewoman's Beat" (1929)[44]
  • "Seven Sisters" (1929)[7]
  • "The Kimono Lady" (1929)[45]
  • "The First Women's Air Derby" (1929)[34]
  • "Ruth Dean, Landscape Architect" (1929)[46]
  • "The Junior League at Home" (1930)[47]
  • "Mrs. Draper, Home Stylist" (1930)[48]
  • "'Going Native' for Science" (1930)[35]
  • "Women and Ticker Tape: A Year After the Crash" (1930)[49]
  • "Welcome, Stranger!: The Friendly Service of Travelers' Aid" (1930)[50]
  • "Rose Fallon, Florist" (1931)[51]

Other periodicals

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  • "Out of Collapse, a New Vienna" (1922, Current History)[52]
  • "Belgium Winning by Hard Work" (1922, Current History)[53]
  • "The Champion Prize Winner" (1925, Everybody's Magazine)[54]
  • "A Youth with an Ancient Craft" (1925, Everybody's Magazine)[55]
  • "A Sightless Cleanup Man" (1925, Everybody's Magazine)[56]
  • "Liberty or Death" (1926, Everybody's Magazine)[57]
  • "Dr. Florence Rena Sabin" (1926, The World's Work)[8]
  • "Belles at the Bargain Counters" (1931, The North American Review)[10]
  • "New Jobs for Women" (1932, The North American Review)[9]

Personal life

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Drewry married fellow journalist Joseph Harold McMullen in 1923; he later became a stockbroker.[58] The McMullens had two daughters, Betty and Martha, and a son, Dan.[59] Her husband died in 1968, and her son died in 1992.[60][61] She died in 1995, at the age of 97, in West Orange, New Jersey.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "W. F. Drewry Dies at Home". The Richmond News Leader. 1934-10-20. p. 12. Retrieved 2024-09-11 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "William Francis Drewry (10 March 1860-19 October 1934) Biography". Dictionary of Virginia Biography. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
  3. ^ "Brief news item". The Writer. 33 (7): 105. July 1921 – via Internet Archive.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Frances D. McMullen, 97, journalist, psychologist". Daily Record. 1995-09-13. p. 6. Retrieved 2024-09-10 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ United States Office of Education (1937). Bulletin. U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Education. p. 97.
  6. ^ a b c McMullen, Frances Drewry. "Mary Dillon, 'Gas Man'" The Woman Citizen 10(8)(February 1926): 18, 37.
  7. ^ a b McMullen, Frances Drewry (February 1929). "Seven Sisters". The Woman's Journal. 14 (2): 24–25 – via Internet Archive.
  8. ^ a b McMullen, Frances Drewry (February 1926). "Dr. Florence Rena Sabin: A Woman Scientist of Great Achievements". The World's Work. 51: 417–421.
  9. ^ a b McMullen, Frances Drewry (1932). "New Jobs for Women". The North American Review. 234 (2): 132–138. ISSN 0029-2397. JSTOR 25114070.
  10. ^ a b McMullen, Frances Drewry (1931). "Belles at the Bargain Counters". The North American Review. 232 (4): 336–341. ISSN 0029-2397. JSTOR 25113912.
  11. ^ a b McMullen, Frances D. (March 28, 1926). "Vivid Hunting Tales are Told in Bronze". The New York Times. pp. 5, 22 – via Internet Archive.
  12. ^ a b McMullen, Frances D. (May 23, 1926). "Dean of Mural Painters is Young at 78". The New York Times. pp. 9, 18 – via Internet Archive.
  13. ^ a b McMullen, Frances D. (October 31, 1926). "Bay of the Foxhound is Heard Near By". The New York Times. pp. 4, 22 – via Internet Archive.
  14. ^ a b McMullen, Frances D. (December 4, 1927). "The Clay Pigeon Slaughter; Millions Are 'Killed' Every Year by the Army Of Trapshooters Which Covers America". The New York Times. p. 182. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
  15. ^ a b McMullen, Frances D. (August 24, 1930). "The Old Swimmin' Hole is Born Anew; a Quiet Pool Fringed by Tall Trees". The New York Times. pp. 113–114. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
  16. ^ a b McMullen, Frances D. (August 22, 1926). "Many Presidents Devoted to the Joys of Sport". The New York Times. pp. 14, 20 – via Internet Archive.
  17. ^ a b McMullen, Frances D. (February 22, 1931). "Versatile Washington an Engineer of Vision". The New York Times. p. 112. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
  18. ^ a b McMullen, Frances D. (December 12, 1926). "Christmas Card Reaches Gay Eightieth Birthday". The New York Times. p. 4 – via Internet Archive.
  19. ^ McMullen, Frances D. (April 4, 1926). "Americans Again March on Yorktown". The New York TImes. pp. 9, 20 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ^ McMullen, Frances D. (August 1, 1926). "Totem Poles Are Now to be Guarded". The New York Times. pp. 10, 23 – via Internet Archive.
  21. ^ McMullen, Frances (December 19, 1926). "Night Workers Ever on the Increase: Nocturnal Tasks in New York Maintain the Busy Hum of Labor a Full Twenty-four Hours". The New York Times. pp. 30, 139. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
  22. ^ McMullen, Frances D. (July 31, 1927). "By Motor Boat These Commuters Come". The New York Times. pp. 15, 20 – via Internet Archive.
  23. ^ McMullen, Frances D. (February 22, 1931). "A New Cloth Hall for Ypres". The New York Times. p. 74. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
  24. ^ a b McMullen, Frances Drewry (April 5, 1924). "Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker". The Woman Citizen. 8 (23): 11–12 – via Internet Archive.
  25. ^ a b McMullen, Frances Drewry (October 4, 1924). "Mrs. Fiske". The Woman Citizen. 9 (8): 9–10 – via Internet Archive.
  26. ^ a b McMullen, Frances Drewry (May 17, 1924). "The National Park Lady". The Woman Citizen. 8 (26): 10–11 – via Internet Archive.
  27. ^ a b McMullen, Frances Drewry (June 27, 1925). "The W. C. T. U." The Woman Citizen. 10 (3): 13, 27 – via Internet Archive.
  28. ^ a b McMullen, Frances Drewry (November 1928). "Bertha Brainard, Radio Producer". The Woman's Journal. 13 (11): 18–19 – via Internet Archive.
  29. ^ a b McMullen, Frances Drewry (January 1927). "'Ask Miss Fergusson': The Woman Behind a Service of Girl Couriers in the Indian Country". The Woman Citizen. 11: 26–27.
  30. ^ a b McMullen, Frances Drewry (December 1928). "The Three Ruths in Congress". The Woman's Journal. 13 (12): 18–19, 47 – via Internet Archive.
  31. ^ a b McMullen, Frances Drewry (February 21, 1925). "Women in the Pulpit". The Woman Citizen. 9 (18): 12–13, 27 – via Internet Archive.
  32. ^ a b McMullen, Frances Drewry (March 21, 1925). "Better Business Women in a Better Business World". The Woman Citizen. 9 (20): 13, 26 – via Internet Archive.
  33. ^ a b McMullen, Frances Drewry (August 1928). "Edna Albert, Businesswoman". The Woman's Journal. 13 (8): 13, 31 – via Internet Archive.
  34. ^ a b McMullen, Frances Drewry (October 1929). "The First Women's Air Derby". The Woman's Journal. 14 (10): 10–11, 38 – via Internet Archive.
  35. ^ a b McMullen, Frances Drewry (July 1930). "'Going Native' for Science". The Woman's Journal. 15 (7): 8–9, 31 – via Internet Archive.
  36. ^ McMullen, Frances Drewry (November 1925). "The Tree Lady". The Woman Citizen. 10 (8): 18, 39 – via Internet Archive.
  37. ^ McMullen, Frances Drewry (August 1926). "Old America". The Woman Citizen. 11 (3): 26–27 – via Internet Archive.
  38. ^ McMullen, Frances Drewry (November 1926). "Sign-less Town". The Woman Citizen. 11 (6): 10–12 – via Internet Archive.
  39. ^ McMullen, Frances Drewry (May 1926). "One Way to Make Americans". The Woman Citizen. 10 (14): 14, 40 – via Internet Archive.
  40. ^ McMullen, Frances Drewry (June 1927). "Folk Dances for Fox Trots". The Woman Citizen. 12 (1): 26–27, 43 – via Internet Archive.
  41. ^ McMullen, Frances Drewry (June 1928). "Making the Best of Garbage". The Woman's Journal. 13 (6): 10–12, 35 – via Internet Archive.
  42. ^ McMullen, Frances Drewry (September 1928). "The Best 'Man' for the Job". The Woman's Journal. 13 (9): 22–23 – via Internet Archive.
  43. ^ McMullen, Frances Drewry (January 1929). "Panhellenic House". The Woman's Journal. 14 (1): 20–21, 40 – via Internet Archive.
  44. ^ McMullen, Frances Drewry (March 1929). "The Policewoman's Beat". The Woman's Journal. 14 (3): 7–9, 41 – via Internet Archive.
  45. ^ McMullen, Frances Drewry (May 1929). "The Kimono Lady". The Woman's Journal. 14 (5): 24 – via Internet Archive.
  46. ^ McMullen, Frances Drewry (June 1929). "Ruth Dean, Landscape Architect". The Woman's Journal. 14 (6): 24–25, 48 – via Internet Archive.
  47. ^ McMullen, Frances Drewry (January 1930). "The Junior League at Home". The Woman's League. 15 (1): 15, 47 – via Internet Archive.
  48. ^ McMullen, Frances Drewry (March 1930). "Mrs. Draper, Home Stylist". The Woman's Journal. 15 (3): 16–17, 43 – via Internet Archive.
  49. ^ McMullen, Frances Drewry (November 1930). "Women and Ticker Tape: A Year After the Crash". The Woman's Journal. 15 (11): 20–21, 36 – via Internet Archive.
  50. ^ McMullen, Frances Drewry (December 1930). "Welcome, Stranger! The Friendly Service of Travelers' Aid". The Woman's Journal. 15 (12): 20–21, 38 – via Internet Archive.
  51. ^ McMullen, Frances D. (January 1931). "Rose Fallon, Florist". The Woman's Journal. 16 (1): 48 – via Internet Archive.
  52. ^ Drewry, Frances (October 1922). "Out of Collapse, a New Vienna". Current History. 17 (1): 70–75. doi:10.1525/curh.1922.17.1.71 – via Internet Archive.
  53. ^ Drewry, Frances (April 1922). "Belgium Winning by Hard Work". Current History. 16 (1): 34–36. doi:10.1525/curh.1922.16.1.34 – via Internet Archive.
  54. ^ McMullen, Frances Drewry (November 1925). "The Champion Prize Winner". Everybody's Magazine. 53 (5): 134, 154–155 – via Internet Archive.
  55. ^ McMullen, Frances Drewry (August 1925). "A Youth with an Ancient Craft". Everybody's Magazine. 53 (2): 148, 161–162 – via Internet Archive.
  56. ^ McMullen, Frances Drewry (September 1925). "A Sightless Cleanup Man". Everybody's Magazine. 53 (3): 137–140 – via Internet Archive.
  57. ^ McMullen, Frances Drewry (January 1926). "Liberty or Death". Everybody's Magazine. 54 (1): 146, 173 – via Internet Archive.
  58. ^ "Joe McMullen Becomes Member of New York Firm". Alton Evening Telegraph. 1928-05-02. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-09-11 – via Newspapers.com.
  59. ^ "Martha Frances McMullen, 78, Vero Beach". Vero News. 2016-07-21. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
  60. ^ "Joseph H. McMullen, Brokerage Partner". The New York Times. May 3, 1968. p. 54. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
  61. ^ "Dan D. McMullen, was head of New York brokerage firm". The Item of Millburn and Short Hills. 1992-09-10. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-09-11 – via Newspapers.com.
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