Judith Wallerstein
| Judith Saretsky Wallerstein | |
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| Born |
Judith Hannah Saretsky December 27, 1921 New York City |
| Died | June 18, 2012 Piedmont, California |
| Cause of death | Intestinal Obstruction |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater |
Hunter College Columbia University Lund University |
| Academic work | |
| Era | 1921-2012 |
| Main interests | Divorce and the Family |
| Notable works | Second Chances The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce What About the Kids The Good Marriage: How and Why Love Lasts |
Judith Wallerstein (December 27, 1921 – June 18, 2012) was a psychologist and researcher who created a 25-year study on the effects of divorce on the children involved. She received a number of prominent awards and honors and wrote 4 best selling books.
Judith Wallerstein was born on December 27, 1921 as Judith Hannah Saretsky in New York City. Her father died from cancer when she was 8 years old. Wallerstein received her Bachelor’s degree from Hunter College (1943), her Master’s in social work from Columbia University (1946) and her Doctorate in psychology from Lund University in Sweden (1978). She died at 90 years old June 18, 2012 from an unexpected intestinal obstruction in Piedmont, California
Judith Wallerstein taught as the senior lecturer from 1966 to 1991 at the University of California, Berkeley. She held faculty positions at the University of California, The Hebrew University, and Pahlavi University Medical School. In addition, she also lectured at Harvard, Cornell, Stanford, and Yale. Wallerstein was a consultant for the Advisory Commission on Family Law to the California Senate Subcommittee on Administrative Justice, The Commission on Law and Mental Health, State Bar of California, and the California Senate Task Force on Family Equity.
In 1980, she founded the “Judith Wallerstein Center for the Family in Transition” in Madera, California. The center provided counseling and education for divorcing couples and their children. In addition, the center conducted a variety of research pertaining to divorce and the family. Judith Wallerstein’s three best-selling books about children and divorce were: Second Chances, The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce, and What About the Kids. In 1995, she published a book titled The Good Marriage: How and Why Love Lasts, which was about making marriage succeed.
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