Theodora Mead Abel (September 9, 1899 – December 2, 1998) was an American clinical psychologist and educator, who used innovative ideas by combining sociology and psychology.
[2] Theodora Mead was born in Newport, Rhode Island, on September 9, 1899,[1] and raised in New York City.
She taught at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (1925–1926), Sarah Lawrence College (1929–1933), and the Manhattan Trade School for Girls.
She worked at the New York State Department of Mental Hygiene from 1940 until 1946, as its chief psychologist.
[1] In 1971, after moving to New Mexico, she became chief of family therapy at the Child Guidance Center, in Albuquerque, where she also established a private practice.