Explain the contributions Mary Whiton Calkins and Inez Beverly Prosser made to psychology.

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Mary Whiton Calkins conducted influential research on memory and developed ideas about the self. She became the first woman president of the American Psychological Association, although Harvard refused to grant her the doctorate she had earned. Inez Beverly Prosser was the first African American woman to earn a PhD in psychology. Her research examined how racism and segregated schooling affected Black children’s development and educational experiences.