词条 | Clara McMillen |
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| name = Clara Bracken McMillen | image = Clara McMillen yearbook photo.jpg | caption = 1921 Yearbook Photo | birth_date = {{Birth date|1898|10|2|df=y}} | birth_place = Bloomington, Indiana | death_date = {{Death date and age|1982|04|30|1898|10|02|mf=y}} | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates= | known_for = Zoology, entomology | occupation = Biologist, sexologist | religion = | spouse = Alfred Kinsey (1921–1956) | children = }} Clara Bracken McMillen (October 2, 1898 – April 30, 1982) was an American researcher. The wife of Alfred Kinsey, she contributed to the Kinsey Reports on human sexuality. Life and careerBorn in Bloomington, Indiana, the only child of Josephine (née Bracken) and William Lincoln McMillen.[1] She enjoyed a middle class upbringing, growing up in Brookville, Indiana. Her father was an English professor and her mother studied music but gave up her career once her daughter was born. Clara described her parents as 'in-active Protestants'. She excelled at sports as a teenager, including swimming. She attended Fort Wayne Public High School. In 1924, tragedy struck and her father died of pneumonia, then her mother died six months later.[2][3] In 1917, she enrolled to study chemistry at Indiana University, graduating with Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, and other honors. She also attended graduate school which she eventually left after marrying Alfred Kinsey. She first met him briefly when he visited Indiana University before joining the faculty and they met again at a zoology department picnic in 1920. The couple were married from 3 June 1921 until Alfred's death in 1956. Alfred was bisexual and polyamorous.[4] Clara and Kinsey had an open relationship. Clara slept with other men (as well as with him), and Kinsey slept with other men, including his student Clyde Martin. Over the years, she supported and contributed to her husband's work and legacy.[5][4] Alfred and Clara had four children: Donald (1922–1927), Anne (1924–2016),[6] Joan (1925–2009), and Bruce (1928). Donald died of diabetes just before his fifth birthday. Her husband Alfred Kinsey died in 1956. His nickname for her was "Mac." DeathClara Kinsey died on April 30, 1982, and is buried with her husband in Bloomington, Indiana. Portrayal in mediaLaura Linney was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Clara McMillen in the 2004 film Kinsey. References
1. ^https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXNY-WFP {{DEFAULTSORT:McMillen, Clara}}2. ^{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8jUEAwAAQBAJ|title=Alfred C. Kinsey: A Life|first=James H.|last=Jones|date=17 November 2004|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|via=Google Books|accessdate=January 1, 2016}} 3. ^https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMBH-6LK 4. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6hw1X-f6L8kC&pg=PA48|title=Look Both Ways: Bisexual Politics|first=Jennifer|last=Baumgardner|date=4 March 2008|publisher=Macmillan|via=Google Books|accessdate=January 1, 2016}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tctxQzAKdJgC|title=Insatiable Wives: Women Who Stray and the Men Who Love Them|first=David J.|last=Ley|date=16 December 2009|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|via=Google Books|accessdate=January 1, 2016}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://day.tributes.com/dignitymemorial/obituary/Anne-Kinsey-Call-103345254|title=In Memory of Anne Kinsey Call|publisher=Day and Deremiah-Frye Funeral Home|date=March 2016|accessdate=June 5, 2016}} 3 : 1898 births|1982 deaths|Indiana University alumni |
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