In 1953, Florence Levin married Stanely Denmark. They had three children together and later divorced. She then married Robert Wesner, a publisher.

She began graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1958 she earned a Ph. D. in social psychology. After graduating from graduate school Florence Levin Denmark moved to New York City. She accepted a position at the Queens College of the City University of New York as an associate professor. She also worked in the Universities counseling center. She then began research with her colleague, Marcia Guttentag. They looked at the effects of college on women, the effects of racial integration, and the effects of labeling immigrants (Paludi and Russo, 1990).

In 1964, she transferred to Hunter College, and was eventually promoted to a full professor. Florence Levin Denmark helped create the first Doctoral level seminar on the psychology of women. She documented cases of discrimination and the disadvantaged status of women in psychology. Her research became the guideline of new psychology of women's programs in colleges across the country (Paludi and Russo, 1990).

From 1971-1984, she served as an associated editor for the International Journal of Group Tensions. From 1980-1981, Florence Denmark served as the president of APA. She then convinced the APA to create a division for the psychology of women, #35. Florence Denmark has received many awards and honorary degrees for her numerous contributions. The APA's committee on women in psychology gave her its Distinguished Leader Award. She was recognized in 1983 as APA division 35's Outstanding Leader. In 1986, she received the Association of Women Psychologists Distinguished Career Award for her many (Denmark and Paludi, 1993). contributions (Denmark and Paludi, 1993).

References

• Denmark, F. & Paludi, M. (1993). Psychology of women. Westport, CT.: Greenwood Press.

• Paludi, M., & Russo, N. F. (1990). Women in psychology. O'Connell, A.N. & Russo, N.F. (Eds.) Westport, CT.: Greenwood Press.