Virginia Mary Staudt (Sexton) (August 30, 1916–May 24, 1997) was a psychologist who was the author of numerous publications in the history of American and international psychology.
Her goal after graduating was to become a high school teacher of Latin or Greek, but unable to fulfill her dream, due to the scarcity of jobs caused by the Great Depression, she decided to get her master's degree in experimental psychology at the Fordham University Graduate School of Arts and Science in February 1938.
[2] Staudt received her postdoctoral training in clinical psychology at New York State Psychiatric Institute and another one in neuroanatomy at Columbia University.
[2] After quitting her job as a lecturer at Notre Dame College of Staten Island, Virginia Staudt Sexton worked as a guidance director at Fordham University.
[3] She spent the bulk of her career at Lehman College in the Bronx.vAfter her retirement there, she continued working at St. John's University in Queens, NY.
Sexton work with ACPA was aimed at helping facilitate employment opportunities for Catholic psychologists.