Mary Ainsworth By alyssa12 Dec 20, 1913 Born in Glendale, Ohio. (date not exact) Dec 31, 1918 At 5 years old she moved to Canada. (date not exact) Nov 10, 1939 Earned her Ph.D from the University of Toronto. date not exact Jan 14, 1942 Mary joined the Canadian Women's Army Corp during World War II. date not exact May 20, 1950 Got married to Leonard Ainsworth. date not exact Nov 14, 1954 She began doing longitudinal field study of mother-infant interaction. date not exact Jul 19, 1960 Mary and her husband divorced. date not exact Oct 10, 1984 Mary recieved the G. Stanley Hall Award from the APA for developmental psychology. date not exact Apr 14, 1998 The American Psychological Foundation gave Ainsworth the Gold Medal for Scientific Contributions. date not exact Jul 22, 1999 Mary Ainsworth died. date not exact