Dorothy Ross (historian)

Dorothy Ross
Born	(1936-08-13)August 13, 1936 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Died	May 22, 2024(2024-05-22) (aged 87) Washington, D.C.
Spouse	Stanford G. Ross
Academic background
Education	Smith College (BA) Columbia University (MA, PhD)
Doctoral advisor	Richard Hofstadter
Academic work
Discipline	History
Sub-discipline	History of science
Institutions	Princeton University University of Virginia Johns Hopkins University

Dorothy Ross (August 13, 1936 – May 22, 2024) was an American historian and Arthur O. Lovejoy Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University. She attended Smith College and Columbia University and taught at Hunter College and at the University of Virginia before Johns Hopkins. Her books include G. Stanley Hall: The Psychologist as Prophet (1972) and The Origins of American Social Science (1991).^[1] The Society for U.S. Intellectual History named the Dorothy Ross Prize after Ross to honor her work in the history of psychology and modern social science.^[2]

She was married to Stanford G. Ross for 62 years before he died. Together they had two children and two grandchildren.^[3] She died on May 22, 2024, at the age of 87.^[4][5]

References

1. Scanlon, Jennifer; Cosner, Shaaron (1996). American Women Historians, 1700s–1990s: A Biographical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 189–190. ISBN 978-0-313-29664-2.
2. "S-USIH PRIZES | Society for US Intellectual History". Retrieved March 23, 2021.
3. "Stanford Ross". Legacy. September 2, 2020. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
4. Wallach, Rachel (May 29, 2024). "Renowned historian of modern social science Dorothy Ross dies at 87". Johns Hopkins University. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
5. Dorothy Ross