Mary Cover Jones Biography

Mary Cover-Jones (September 1, 1897 – July 22, 1987) was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania and died in Santa Barbara, California. Within psychology—a scientific field dominated by males throughout much of the 20th century—Cover-Jones stands out as a pioneer of behavior therapy; Joseph Wolpe dubbed her "the mother of behavior therapy" due to her famous study of Peter and development of desensitization.