Virginia Lee Block

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Virginia Lee Block (July 4, 1902 – September 14, 1970), also known as VL Block, was an American psychologist who contributed to studies regarding child and adolescent psychology.^[1] Block worked as a professor at San Francisco State University, which now offers a scholarship in Block's name to be awarded to students studying to become counselors.^[2]

Block was born in New Jersey on July 4, 1902.^[3] Raised in Montclair, New Jersey, she graduated from Montclair High School and earned an undergraduate degree from the New Jersey College for Women.^[4] She attended Stanford University and Columbia University in the early 1920s.^{[citation needed]}

Following her graduation, Block was placed at the head of a Child Guidance Clinic in Seattle, Washington. When she worked at the Child Guidance Clinic, Block also served as a special consultant at the University of Washington for students enrolled in the Counseling and Guidance Training Institute.^[3]

During this time, Block also contributed as a member of the Soroptimist organization, a club which focuses on empowering women.^[5]

Block has contributed to many published works, including books such as Student questionnaire, with manual of directions and Kefauver-Hand guidance tests and inventories, and journal articles such as "Conflicts of adolescents with their mothers" and "Can we vitalize English?"^[6][7] Each of these contributed to the fields of adolescent, child, and education psychology.

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