Rosalind Cassidy

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Title:
Rosalind Cassidy
Description:
A portrait photograph of Rosalind Cassidy, Ed.D. She is shown standing in front of a book case, holding a book. Distinguished humanist educator Rosalind Cassidy was born on July 17, 1895, in Quincy, Illinois. Cassidy completed her B.S. at Mills College and accepted a position there as an instructor of physical education immediately after. She continued her education at Teachers College, Columbia University, receiving an M.A. degree in 1923 and the Ed.D. degree in 1937. She was later to become chair of the department of physical education, assistant to the president, and convenor of the school of education and community services. In 1947, Professor Cassidy joined the UCLA faculty, since she felt that physical education there and the University itself best represented her concern for educational change. In 1952, she became coordinator of the Women's Department and exerted leadership in helping to form a unified department from the then separate departments for men and women. She organized her university work and her speeches and writings around two interrelating themes: (1) the cultural framework that influences the education of children and youth in time-place; and (2) the definition of physical education as a name, as a profession, and as an academic body of knowledge. She wrote fourteen books and many articles explaining, implementing, and describing these interrelating themes and emphasizing the idea that the name “physical education” is a divisive term based on an outmoded dualist mind vs. body philosophy. Rosalind Cassidy has been the recipient of the highest honors awarded by the profession of physical education. These include membership in the American Academy of Physical Education (1938) and its highest award, The Clark W. Hetherington Award, 1966; The Luther Halsey Gulick Award presented by the American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation in 1956; and the Amy Morris Human Lecturer in 1970, the highest honor of the National Society of Physical Education for College Women.
Date:
[1937?–1947?]
Format:
Photographs
Location:
Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
Collection (local):
College Archives Digital Collections
Subjects:
Cassidy, Rosalind, 1895-1980
Physical education
Portrait Photographs
Link to Item:
http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/26139
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Publisher:
Springfield College
Language:
English
Identifier:
ms539-01-01-017