Women Psychologists

Throughout history, there have been many women psychologists who have made significant contribution to the field. The list includes many familiar and great female psychologists such as Anna Freud, Lillian Moller Gilbreth, Carol Dweck, Luce Irigaray, Pamela Stephenson.The women psychologists featured in this list are from United States, United Kingdom, Canada & Australia and many more countries.

Anna Freud

03 December 1895, Austrian

Founder of psychoanalytic child psychology

Lillian Moller Gilbreth

24 May 1878, American

Mother of Modern Management

Felicitas Rombold

1988 AD, German

Model

Carol S. Dweck

17 October 1976, American

Physiologists

N. K. Jemisin

19 September 1972, American

Novelist

France Nuyen

31 July 1939, French

Psychotherapist, Psychologist, Stage actor, Film

Pamela Stephenson

04 December 1949, New Zealander

Psychologist, Psychotherapist, Author, Television

Olga Tokarczuk

29 January 1962, Polish

Novelist, Writer, Psychologist

Laura Schlessinger

16 January 1947, American

Radio personality, Writer, Social worker,

Carol Dweck

17 October 1946, American

Psychologist

Sara Netanyahu

05 November 1958, Israeli

Psychologist

Melanie Klein

30 March 1882, Austrian, British

Psychanalyst

Tara Brach

17 May 1953, American

Psychologist

Luce Irigaray

03 May 1930, Belgian, French

Philosopher, Linguist, University teacher,

Emma Jung

30 March 1882, Swiss

Psychologist

Marsha M. Linehan

05 May 1943, American

Psychologist, University teacher, Writer

Elizabeth Loftus

16 October 1944, American

Psychologist, Statistician, University teacher

Amy Cuddy

23 June 1972, American

Psychologist

Carol Gilligan

28 November 1936, American

Psychologist, Philosopher, Non-fiction writer,

Toni Wolff

18 September 1888, Swiss

Psychologist

Selma Ergeç

01 November 1978, German, Turkish

Actor, Psychologist, Model

James Tiptree Jr.

24 August 1915, American

Author

Mary Ainsworth

01 December 1913, Canadian, American

Psychologist

Anne Treisman

27 February 1935, British, American

Psychologist, University teacher

Barbara De Angelis

04 March 1951, American

Psychologist, Writer

Marie-Louise von Franz

04 January 1915, Swiss

Psychologist, Scientist, Writer

Brenda Milner

15 July 1918, Canadian, British

Neuroscientist, Psychologist, University teacher

Alison Gopnik

16 June 1955, American

Psychologist, Author, University teacher, Writer

May-Britt Moser

04 January 1963, Norwegian

Professor, Neuroscientist, Psychologist, Physician

Birgit Prinz

25 October 1977, German

Association football player, Psychologist

Margaret Floy Washburn

25 July 1871, American

Psychologist

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Bluma Zeigarnik

09 November 1900

Psychologist, Psychiatrist

Mary Whiton Calkins

30 March 1863, American

Psychologist, University teacher

Ellen Langer

25 March 1947, American

Psychologist, University teacher

Nancy Chodorow

20 January 1944, American

Psychologist, Writer, Sociologist

Sandra Bem

22 June 1944, American

Psychologist

Joan Erikson

27 June 1903, Canadian

American psychologist

Anna Jean Ayres

18 January 1920, American

Occupational Therapist

Eleanor J. Gibson

07 December 1910, American

Psychologist

Helene Deutsch

09 October 1884, Polish, American

Psychologist, Psychiatrist

Mary Cover Jones

01 September 1896, American

psychologist

Judith Wallerstein

27 December 1921, American

Psychologist

Eleanor Clarke Slagle

13 October 1871, American

Social worker

Elisabeth Irwin

29 August 1880, American

Educator

Byllye Avery

20 October 1937, American

Healthcare Leader

Louise Bates Ames

29 October 1908, American

Psychologist

Margaret Morse Nice

06 December 1883, American

Ornithologist

June Downey

13 July 1875, American

Psychologist

E. Mavis Hetherington

27 November 1926, Canadian

Professor

Theodora Mead Abel

09 September 1899, American

Psychologist

Lillien Jane Martin

07 July 1851, American

Psychologist