Despite having to wait 40 years after completing the requirements to be awarded her Ph.D., __________ persevered and developed a well-respected, evolutionary theory of color vision.
A) Mary Whiton Calkins
B) Margaret Floy Washburn
C) Rosalie Raynor
D) Christine Ladd-Franklin

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Christine Ladd-Franklin was the only woman on this list who developed a theory of color vision and had to wait 40 years after completing her Ph.D. to receive recognition for her work. Mary Whiton Calkins and Margaret Floy Washburn were also pioneering women in the field of psychology, but their research focused on areas other than color vision. Rosalie Raynor was a psychologist who worked with John B. Watson on the famous Little Albert experiment, but she did not contribute to the field of color vision.

Despite Having to Wait 40 Years After Completing the Requirements