Background
Gruenberg, Sidonie Matsner was born on June 10, 1881 in in Austria. Daughter of Idore and Augusta Olivia (Basseches) Matzner.
Gruenberg, Sidonie Matsner was born on June 10, 1881 in in Austria. Daughter of Idore and Augusta Olivia (Basseches) Matzner.
Educated Höhere Töchterschule, Hamburg, Germany, 1894. Ethical Culture School, New York, 1897, special student, normal training department, same, 1905-1906. Graduate student Techrs.
College, Columbia 1906-1910.
American (formerly Federation for Child Study) since 1906, director 1923-1950, special consultant, since 1950. Chairman National Council for Parent Education, 1947-1951. Lecturer in parent education, Teachers College (Columbia), 1928-1936, 47, New York University 1936-1937, 40.
U. Colorado, 1940, 42.
Chairman sub-committee of White House Conference on Child Health and Protection, 1930. Member White House Conference, 1940, President’ Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership, 1931, advisory commission on children in wartime, United States Children’s Bureau, 1942.
Member committee communications, Mid-Century White House Conference, 1950.
Member White House Conference, 1940, President’ Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership, 1931, advisory commission on children in wartime, United States Children’s Bureau, 1942. Member committee communications, Mid-Century White House Conference, 1950. Member editorial board Junior Literature Guild 1929-1974, Parents Magazine, 1926-1943.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Member American Social Hygiene Association (honorary life), Association Childhood Education, National Association for Nursery Education, Campfire Girls, Public Education Association, National Public Housing Conference, New York State Conference on Marriage and the Family, National Organisation for Public Health Nursing. Director Public Affairs Committee, since 1947.
Married Benjamin C. Gruenberg, Doctor of Philosophy, June 30, 1903. Children: Herbert M., Richard M., Hilda (Mistress David Krech), Ernest M. With Child Study Association.