Word Weavers: Pauline Rose Clance
Womanica
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4.3 • 920 Ratings
🗓️ 8 May 2025
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
Pauline Rose Clance (1938 - present) is a psychologist most famous for co-authoring the research paper that first coined the term “imposter phenomenon.” Commonly known as “imposter syndrome” today, the phenomenon Pauline discovered has helped countless women better identify and navigate their feelings of inadequacy in academic and professional settings.
For Further Reading:
- Meet the psychologist who first identified imposter syndrome
- The History of Imposter Syndrome | Psychology Today
- Why Everyone Feels Like They're Faking It | The New Yorker
- Stop Telling Women They Have Imposter Syndrome
This month, we're talking about Word Weavers — people who coined terms, popularized words, and even created entirely new languages. These activists, writers, artists, and scholars used language to shape ideas and give voice to experiences that once had no name.
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| 1:19.2 | This month we're talking about word weavers, people who coined terms, popularized words, |
| 1:23.8 | and even created entirely new languages. |
| 1:27.2 | These activists, writers, artists, and scholars used language to shape ideas and give voice |
| 1:31.8 | to experiences that once had no name. |
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| 1:41.8 | uh-oh, they're gonna find out now. She was describing a feeling |
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