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[Opinions] Re: Psyche
by clevelandkentevans
4/16/2023, 7:13 PM
in reply to a message by Pickles
The most famous real woman I know of named Psyche was Psyche Cattell (1893-1989), who was a daughter of James McKeen Cattell, a professor at Columbia University who was one of the most prominent academic psychologists in the United States at the start of the 20th century. Psyche Cattell herself became a psychologist and an expert on the intelligence of young children and their education. When I taught a course in the History of Psychology she was always mentioned as one of the first prominent women in the history of psychology. (She was also one of the first single women in the USA ever to legally adopt a child.) Because of my knowledge of her, I think of Psyche as a very useable name which would be suitable for the child of modern feminist parents. https://feministvoices.com/profiles/psyche-cattell
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- RoxStar   +7
4/17/2023, 7:26 AM
That teeters precariosly on the fine line between a bold move and a cheap audio-gag.
Thank the Lord the father wasn't a professor of gastrolenterology or fluid mechanics or accounting.
Dr. Psyche LastName, psychologist, is the kind of thing that I would think an editor would urge an author to change unless the author was intending to be funny.
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- Pickles (C.M.S.)   +6
4/17/2023, 7:59 AM
I think it's cool.
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- snapdragon (guest)   +5
4/17/2023, 9:28 AM
Especially given the time period. It might be a bit much now, but then? It fit with the times and it has a neat connection. The other kids were:
Edith
McKeen
Owen
Quinta
Ware
Jacques The names do give off a 19th century, intellectual, 'off-beat' vibe, I admit.
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- clevelandkentevans
4/17/2023, 1:40 PM
And Psyche Cattell named her own adopted children Hudson (son) and Jowain (daughter), so she seems to have approved of uncommon names herself.
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- Pickles (C.M.S.)   +3
4/17/2023, 9:44 AM
Wait, are you also vigdis, or is that someone else?Quinta reminds me of Quinta Brunson. I need to watch "Abbott Elementary".
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- snapdsragon (guest)   +2
4/17/2023, 10:37 AM
Same person. Sorry, I wasn't thinking and replied too quickly. I can't edit. My phone is broken at the moment and I forgot my email passowrd. My account is linked to my phone, which makes the entire situation more complicated. And I always log in to BtN with my email. Fun times. Thankfully it's junk email account. If it were my primary account I'd be royally screwed. I was Vigdis for years. I'm now going to look up Quinta Brunson and Abbot Elementary.
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- Pickles (C.M.S.)   +1
4/17/2023, 10:54 AM
Oh, no big deal, I just wondered. I thought maybe it could be a different person, but that username is kind of obscure, so I thought I would ask. :)
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- snapdragon (guest)
4/17/2023, 11:50 AM
Fun fact: I chose Vigdis from a book - Gunnar's Daughter. (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6226.Gunnar_s_Daughter) She isn't that likable of a character, but I dug the name.
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- vigdis (guest)
4/17/2023, 5:45 AM
Thank you - this is amazing information! I never heard of her and I've taken a few college pyschology classes.
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