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Facts and Events
Josephine married first Tilden Abbott and had several children. She graduated from Smith in 1911, and got a masters degree from Harvard. She was a practicing and consulting psychologist for many years.
Josephine appears in tidbits available online as a member of the Smith College Class of 1911:
- Annual Register of the Alumnae Association of Smith College, 1874-1974 "Necrology": Josephine Dormitzer Jan 62 (Mrs James Sever)
- Nov 1928: "Part-time psychologist with a family", candidate for Alumni trustee.
- Alumnae Notes c1928: "Josephine (Dormitzer) Abbott is giving a series of broadcasts on boys over WBZ under the auspices of the Boston Y. M. C. A. " [2]
- Alumnae Notes c1929: "Josephine (Dormitzer) Abbott went on a lecture trip through the South last March and spoke at the A. A. U. W. Convention in New Orleans. She reports having seen many 1911ers en route. She has written magazine articles for Independent Education and is writing a book.
- Alumnae Notes c1931: "Josephine (Dormitzer) Abbott is now educational secretary of the Florence Crittenton League and consultant on difficult cases (she is a clinical psychologist) at the Y. W. C. A. in Boston.
- Profile as a candidate for trustee c. 1931:
- Josephine Dormitzer Abbott'11
- Winchester, Mass.
- MRS. ABBOTT is first and foremost the mother of five children. She has coordinated her interests to an amazing extent and in 1927 while clinical psychologist at the Judge Baker Foundation took her master's degree in psychology at Radcliffe. She is a person of inexhaustible enthusiasm and vitality, and is now a lecturer on parent- child relationship and is in private practice with a psychiatrist. Her interest in Smith College has always been keen, and she has demonstrated it in many capacities. She was chairman of the $4,000,000 drive in Winchester, has been president of both the Winchester and the Boston Smith Clubs, councillor for five years, and president of the Boston branch of the A. A. U. W. She is now president of the Winchester College Club, a member of the Social Welfare Committee of the Massachusetts Federation of Women's Clubs, writes articles, broadcasts talks on boys for the Boston Y.M.C.A., and is on the executive committee of the Woman's City Clubof Boston. [3]
After her remarriage to James Sever in 1944, she wrote a series of books for children through the Children's Medical Center: Johnny Goes to the Hospital (1953), Johnny Visits His Doctor (1955), and Johnny's First Visit to the Dentist (1957).
References
- ↑ Maine, United States. Death Index, 1960-1996.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States. Portsmouth Herald . (Portsmouth, New Hampshire)
p. 3 [1], Monday, Jan 22, 1962.
"Mrs. Josephine A. Sever, 71, of Cape Neddick" died "yesterday" at York Hospital. She was the first public relations director of Portsmouth hospital, having come there after working as a psychologist in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Born Nov. 1, 1890 in NYC, daughter of Walter and Caroline.
- ↑ Ancestry.com. Boston Passenger Lists, 1820-1943. (Provo, UT, USA).
Regular residence 10 Chaning St., Cambridge. She does not appear to be accompanied by any family members. Sailed on the Exochorda from Haifa, Palestine, arriving 31 Aug 1936.
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