List of women psychologists

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Anna Freud, considered to be one of the founders of psychoanalytic child psychology.

This is a list of women psychologists.

Name Lifetime Nationality Comments Reference(s)
Mary Ainsworth 1913–1999 American-Canadian American-Canadian developmental psychologist known for her work in early emotional attachment with the Strange Situation design, as well as her work in the development of attachment theory. [1]
Estefania Aldaba-Lim 1917-2006 Filipina Recognized as the first clinical psychologist in the Philippines. Established the Institute of Human Relations at Philippine Women's University and later became the first woman cabinet member in the Philippines. [2]
Magda Arnold 1903–2002 American American psychologist and the first contemporary theorist to develop appraisal theory of emotions, which moved the direction of emotion theory away from "feeling" theories (e.g. James-Lange theory) and "behaviorist" theories (e.g. Cannon-Bard theory) and toward the cognitive approach. [3][4]
Nancy Bayley 1899–1994 American American psychologist most notable for her contributions toward the Berkeley Growth Study in which she studied the relation between the heights of adults and children, developing a tool that helped pediatricians examine the abnormalities of their patients' heights. [5]
Sandra Bem 1944–2014 American American psychologist known for her works in androgyny and gender studies. [6]
Mary Calkins 1863–1930 American American philosopher and psychologist, and the first woman to become president of the American Psychological Association. Her career focused on self-psychology and the belief that the conscious self should be the foundation of psychological study. [7][8]
Mamie Phipps Clark 1917–1983 American American psychologist who is most famous for her work with the gendered doll study that exposed the latent racism in young children. She was also used as an expert witness in the Brown v. Board of Education court case. [9]
Florence Denmark 1932– American American psychologist and researcher of gender and women's roles. [10]
Helene Deutsch 1884–1982 Austrian American Austrian-American psychoanalyst and colleague of Sigmund Freud, recognized as the first woman analyst to be analyzed by Freud. [11][12]
Edna Foa 1937– Israeli-American Israeli-born psychologist recognized as an expert in posttraumatic stress disorder. She developed prolonged exposure therapy. [13]
Anna Freud 1895–1982 Austrian The youngest daughter of Sigmund Freud, considered to be one of the founders of psychoanalytic child psychology. [14]
Eleanor J. Gibson 1910–2002 American American psychologist known for the study of perception in infants and toddlers and for the "visual cliff" experiment in which precocial animals, and crawling human infants, showed their ability to perceive depth by avoiding the deep side of a virtual cliff. [15][16][17]
Florence Goodenough 1886–1959 American American developmental psychologist known for her development of novel measurement techniques, including event sampling and the Draw-A-Man test. [18][19]
Tsuruko Haraguchi 1886-1915 Japanese Columbia University-trained experimental psychologist, recognized as the first Japanese woman to receive a doctorate in any field. [20]
Leta Hollingworth 1886–1939 American American psychologist who conducted pioneering work in the early 20th century, making significant contributions in three areas: psychology of women; clinical psychology; and educational psychology. She is best known for her work with exceptional children. [21][22]
Karen Horney 1885–1952 German German psychoanalyst who practiced in the United States during her later career. Her theories of sexuality and of the instinct orientation of psychoanalysis questioned some traditional Freudian views. She is credited with founding feminist psychology in response to Freud's theory of penis envy. [23][24]
Ruth Winifred Howard 1900–1997 American American psychologist whose main research focused on the development of triplets. She was one of the first women to earn a PhD in the area of psychology. She also earned a PhD in child development. [25]
Ethel Dench Puffer Howes 1872–1950 American American psychologist noted for her work on aesthetics. She was one of the first women to receive a PhD from Harvard University. [26]
Jaqueline Jesus 1978– Brazilian Brazilian psychologist and LGBT activist.
Melanie Klein 1882–1960 Austrian-British Austrian-British psychoanalyst who developed the "play technique" in child psychoanalysis that is widely used in contemporary play therapy, and was instrumental in the science of child psychoanalysis. [27][28]
Christine Ladd-Franklin 1847–1930 American American psychologist noted for her work on theories of color vision. [29]
Elizabeth Loftus 1944– American American cognitive psychologist known for her pioneering work on the malleability of memory, including misinformation effect and false memories. [30]
Eleanor Maccoby 1917–2018 American American psychologist noted for her contributions to the fields of developmental psychology and gender studies. [31]
Brenda Milner 1918– British-Canadian British-Canadian neuropsychologist, sometimes referred to as "the founder of neuropsychology". [32]
Maria Montessori 1870–1952 Italian Italian physician and educator best known for the philosophy of education that bears her name, and her writing on scientific pedagogy. [33]
Lise Østergaard 1924–1996 Danish Danish psychologist who became the country's first professor of clinical psychology in 1963. She was later elected to the Danish parliament in 1979, before returning to her position at the University of Copenhagen in 1984. [34]
Carolyn R. Payton 1925–2001 American American psychologist who was the first woman director, as well as the first African-American director, of the Peace Corps. [35]
Inez Prosser 1895–1934 American First African-American woman to earn a Ph.D. in psychology; known for her studies involving the possible differences in the personality and self-esteem of African-American youth attending segregated versus integrated schools. [36][37]
Janet Taylor Spence 1923–2015 American American psychologist who spent most of her career researching and contributing towards gender-related issues, especially involving women. [38]
Clara Stern (1877-1945) German-American Child developmental psychologist who with husband William Stern, published findings from their detailed diaries about their three children. [39]
Shelley E. Taylor 1946– American American psychologist noted for her work in social neuroscience. [40]
Reiko True 1933- Japanese-American Japanese-American psychologist recognized for her efforts to advance mental health services for Asian Americans and other minorities. [41]
Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga 1937- Latvian Latvian-born psychologist who had a decades-long career at the University of Montreal in Canada, before being elected Latvia's first woman president. [42]
Margaret Floy Washburn 1871–1939 American American psychologist who studied sensation and perception and theorized that one's consciousness was responsible for their own motor activities. She was the first American woman to receive a PhD in psychology. [43]
Helen Thompson Woolley 1874–1947 American American psychologist noted for her work in gender studies. She was the first to research gender differences in a truly scientific and experimental way. [44]
Bluma Zeigarnik 1900–1988 Russian Russian psychologist who is most notable for her experiment called the Zeigarnik effect, a study in which she observed that forgotten, incomplete tasks are better remembered than complete ones. [45]

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