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List of women psychologists
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List of women psychologists

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This is a list of women psychologists.

A

Surnames beginning with A
Name Lifetime Field Comments Refs.
Theodora Mead Abel 1899–1998
Dorothy Adkins 1912–1975
Alexandra Adler 1901–2001
Mary Ainsworth 1913–1999 Developmental psych. Known for her work in early emotional attachment with the Strange Situation design, as well as her work in the development of attachment theory.
Estefania Aldaba-Lim 1917–2006 Clinical psych. Recognized as the first clinical psychologist in the Philippines.
Doris Twitchell Allen 1901–2002
Lauren Alloy 1953–present
Thelma Alper 1908–1988
Elizabeth Altmaier 1952–present Counseling psych.
Hortensia Amaro ?–present
Louise Bates Ames 1908–1996
Anne Anastasi 1908–2001 Psychometrics Introduced concept of responsibility to the test taker. 1972 president of the American Psychological Association, the third woman to be president. In 1987, she received the National Medal of Science.
Harlene Anderson 1942–present
Helena Antipoff 1892–1974
Magda Arnold 1903–2002 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.
Patricia Arredondo 1945–present Counseling psych. Primarily recognized for her efforts in developing the area of multicultural counseling.
Adrienne Asch 1946–2013
Helen Astin 1932–2015
Carolyn Attneave 1920–1992
Aušra Augustinavičiūtė 1927–2005 Socionics Founder of socionics, the pseudoscientific theory of information processing and personality types.
Virginia Axline 1911–1988

B

Surnames beginning with B
Name Lifetime Field Comments Refs.
Harriet Babcock 1877–1952
Georgia Babladelis 1931–2009
Renée Baillargeon 1954–present
Emma Sophia Baker 1856–1943
Nancy Baker 1949–present
Josephine Ball 1898–1977
Katharine Banham 1897–1995
Martha Banks 1951–present
Deirdre Barrett
Lisa Feldman Barrett
Franziska Baumgarten 1883–1970
Diana Baumrind
Nancy Bayley 1899–1994 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.
Cynthia D. Belar
Deborah Belle 1948–present
Sandra Bem 1944–2014 Known for her works in androgyny and gender studies.
Jessica Benjamin 1946–present
Anna Berliner 1888–1977
Martha E. Bernal 1931–2001
Marion Bills 1890–1970
Hedda Bolgar 1909–2013
Meg Bond ?–present
Barbara Bonner Clinical psych.
Lucy May Boring 1886–1996
Mary Brabeck 1945–present
Lila Braine 1926–2015
Grace Louise Dolmage Bredin 1903–1988
Elsie Oschrin Bregman 1896–1969
Marion Breiter 1952–present
Margaret Brenman-Gibson 1914–2004
Augusta Fox Bronner 1881–1966
Joyce Brothers 1927–2013
Inge Broverman 1931–1996
Laura Brown ?–present
Lyn Mikel Brown 1956–present
Rose Butler Browne 1897–1986
Alice I. Bryan 1902–1992
Agnes Büchele 1949–present
Jan Burns 1960–present
Luella Buros 1901–1995
Bonnie Burstow 1945–2020
Charlotte Bühler 1893–1974
Barbara Stoddard Burks 1902–1943
Emily Bushnell
E. Sandra Byers 1951–present
Ruth Byrne Cognitive science

C

Surnames beginning with C
Name Lifetime Field Comments Refs.
Mary Whiton Calkins 1863–1930 Self-psych. The first woman to become president of the American Psychological Association. She was also a philosopher. Her career focused on self-psychology and the belief that the conscious self should be the foundation of psychological study.
Paula Caplan 1947–2021
Susan Carey
Cora Sutton Castle 1880–1966
Psyche Cattell 1893–1989

Sapna Cheryan

Sapna Cheryan 1978–present Social psychology
Phyllis Chesler 1940–present
E. Kitch Childs 1937–1993 Clinical psychology
Jean Lau Chin 1944–2020
Nancy Chodorow
Joan Chrisler 1953–present
Lee Anna Clark
Mamie Phipps Clark 1917–1983 Social psych. Most famous for her work with the gendered doll study that demonstrated latent racism in young children. She was also used as an expert witness in the Brown v. Board of Education court case.
Catherine Classen ?–present
Martha Guernsey Colby 1899–1952
Lillian Comas-Díaz ?–present
Helen Coons 1958–present
Suzanne Corkin 1937–2016
Lilia Cortina 1972–present
Leda Cosmides Evolutionary psych.
Catharine Cox Miles 1890–1984
Mary Crawford ?–present
Margaret Wooster Curti 1892–1961
Norma E. Cutts 1892–1988

D

Surnames beginning with D
Name Lifetime Field Comments Refs.
Jessica Henderson Daniel ?–present
Nancy Datan 1941–1987
Katharine Bement Davis 1860–1935
Kay Deaux 1941–present
Tamara Dembo 1902–1993
Florence Denmark 1932–present Researcher of gender and women's roles.
Helene Deutsch 1884–1982 Psychoanalysis In 1924 she became the head of the Vienna Psychoanalytic Training Institute, making her the first woman in charge of a psychoanalysis clinic. Also recognized as the first woman psychoanalyst to be analyzed by Freud.
Lisa Diamond ?–present
Dorothy Dinnerstein 1923–1992
Virginia Douglas 1927–2017
Elizabeth Douvan 1926–2002
June Etta Downey 1875–1932
Elizabeth Duffy 1904–1970
Helen Flanders Dunbar 1902–1959

E

Surnames beginning with E
Name Lifetime Field Comments Refs.
Alice Eagly 1938–present
Asia Anna Eaton 1980–present
Jennifer Eberhardt 1965–present Social psych.
Beatrice Edgell 1871–1948
Emma Eckstein 1865–1924 Psychoanalysis The first woman psychoanalyst. She received psychoanalysis from Freud as a patient, and they eventually became colleagues and friends.
Luise Eichenbaum 1952–present
Gillian Einstein 1952–present
Betty Eisner 1915–2004
Ethel M. Elderton 1878–1954
Emma L. Ellis 1968–Present Clinical Psychology HCPC; BABCP; Network of Christians in Psychology
Susan Ervin-Tripp 1927–2018
Oliva Espín 1938–present
Jo Ann Evansgardner 1925–2010

F

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Anna Freud (1975)
Surnames beginning with F
Name Lifetime Field Comments Refs.
Grace Fernald 1879–1950
Mabel Fernald 1883–1952
Cordelia Fine
Michelle Fine ?–present
Maryanne Fisher 1975–present
Sarah Carolyn Fisher 1889–1985
Susan Fiske Social psych.
Corey Elizabeth Flanders 1988–present
Diana Fleischman 1981–present Evolutionary psychology
Hulda Rees Flynn 1910–2000
Edna Foa 1937–present Recognized as an expert in posttraumatic stress disorder. She developed prolonged exposure therapy.
Josephine Curtis Foster 1889–1941
Donata Francescato 1944–present Community psych.
Marion Rudin Frank 1942–present
Marjorie Franklin 1887-1975 psychoanalysis
Barbara Fredrickson Social psych.
Else Frenkel-Brunswik 1908–1958
Anna Freud 1895–1982 The youngest daughter of Sigmund Freud, considered to be one of the founders of psychoanalytic child psychology.
Irene Hanson Frieze ?–present
Erika Fromm 1909–2003

G

Surnames beginning with G
Name Lifetime Field Comments Refs.
Joanne Gallivan 1953–present
Eleanor Acheson McCulloch Gamble 1868–1933
Susan Gathercole
Isabel Gauthier
Florence Geis 1933–1993
Mary Gergen 1938–2020
Reva Gerstein 1917–2020
Eleanor J. Gibson 1910–2002 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.
Lucia Albino Gilbert ?–present Feminist
Lillian Gilbreth 1878–1972 Industrial/
organizational
The first industrial/organizational psychologist, who specialised in time and motion studies. Her life is depicted in the semi-autobiographical works of her children, Cheaper by the Dozen and Belles on Their Toes.
Carol Gilligan 1936–present
Carla Rappaport Golden 1950–present
Florence Goodenough 1886–1959 Developmental psych. Known for her development of novel measurement techniques, including event sampling and the Draw-A-Man test.
Lisa Goodman 1961–present
Jacqueline Jarrett Goodnow 1924–2014
Thérèse Gouin-Décarie 1923–present
Elizabeth Gould
Leeat Granek 1979–present
Beverly Greene ?–present
Esther Greenglass 1940–present
Germaine Guex 1904–1984
Maria Gurevich 1963–present
Marcia Guttentag 1932–1977

H

Surnames beginning with H
Name Lifetime Field Comments Refs.
Esther Halpern 1929–2008
Eugenia Hanfmann 1905–1983
Tsuruko Haraguchi 1886–1915 Experimental psych. Recognized as the first Japanese woman to receive a doctorate in any field.
Rachel Hare-Mustin 1928–2020
Joy Harden Bradford 1979–present Clinical psych. She is best known as the founder of a mental health platform called Therapy for Black Girls, which includes a podcast of the same name, that specializes in mental health issues relevant to Black women.
Margaret Kuenne Harlow 1918–1971 Developmental psychology
Judith Rich Harris
Molly Harrower 1906–1999 Clinical psychology
Ruth Hartley See Ruth Horowitz.
Cathy Hauer 1956–present
Florence Woolsey Hazzard 1903–1992
Edna Heidbreder 1890–1985
Ravenna Helson 1925–2020
Mary Henle 1913–2007
Nancy Henley 1934–2016
Felicitas Heyne 1966–present
Kisha B. Holden ?–present Counseling psych. Known for her research on mental health of African-Americans and members of other minority groups.
Leta Hollingworth 1886–1939 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.
Wendy Hollway 1949–present
Margie Holmes
Evelyn Gentry Hooker 1907–1996
Olivia Hooker 1915–2018
Matina Souretis Horner 1939–present
Karen Horney 1885–1952 Psychoanalysis Psychoanalyst whose 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.
Ruth Horowitz 1910–1997 Also known as Ruth Hartley.
Ruth Winifred Howard 1900–1997 Developmental psych. Her 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.
Ethel Dench Puffer Howes 1872–1950 Noted for her work on aesthetics. She was one of the first women to receive a PhD from Harvard University.
Ruth Hoyt-Cameron 1914–2010
Thelma Hunt 1903–1992

I

Surnames beginning with I
Name Lifetime Field Comments Refs.
Bärbel Inhelder 1913–1997
Susan Sutherland Isaacs 1885–1948
Tania Israel 1966–present
Margaret Ives 1903–2000

J

Surnames beginning with J
Name Lifetime Field Comments Refs.
Carol Nagy Jacklin 1939–2011
Marie Jahoda 1907–2001 Social psych.
Dorothea Jameson 1920–1998 Neuropsych.
Kay Redfield Jamison Clinical psych.
Jaqueline Jesus 1978–present Also known as an LGBT activist.
Buford Jeannette Johnson 1880–1954
Marcia Johnson
Norine Johnson 1935–2011
Virginia Johnson 1925–2013 Sexology Pioneer in sexology, as part of the Masters and Johnson research team.
Ingrid Johnston-Robledo 1968–present
Mary Cover Jones 1897–1987

K

Surnames beginning with K
Name Lifetime Field Comments Refs.
Nancy Kanwisher
Rachel Kaplan
Ellyn Kaschak 1943–present
Melanie Katzman 1958–present
Nadeen Kaufman 1945–present
Isabelle Kendig Clinical psych. The Head Psychologist at St. Elizabeths Hospital.
Grace Kent 1875–1973
Meredith Kimball 1944–present
Doreen Kimura 1933–2013 Neuropsych.
Celia Kitzinger 1956–present
Melanie Klein 1882–1960 Developed the "play technique" in child psychoanalysis that is widely used in contemporary play therapy, and was instrumental in the science of child psychoanalysis.
Tomi Kōra 1896–1993
Mary Koss ?–present
Ruth Kronsteiner 1959–present
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross 1926–2004
Neelam Kumar 1955–present

L

Surnames beginning with L
Name Lifetime Field Comments Refs.
Michelle Lafrance 1972–present
Hope Landrine 1954–2019
Christine Ladd-Franklin 1847–1930 Noted for her work on theories of color vision.
Ellen Langer
Margaret Morgan Lawrence 1914–2019
Alice Lee 1859–1939
Averil Leimon Positive psych.
Jerre Levy
Miriam Lewin 1931–2014
Rachel Liebert 1981–present
Marsha Linehan 1943–present Clinical psychology Known for her research into suicide and borderline personality disorder, culminating in her development of dialectical behaviour therapy.
Hilary Lips 1949–present
Jane Loevinger 1918–2008
Elizabeth Loftus 1944–present Cognitive psychology Known for her pioneering work on the malleability of memory, including misinformation effect and false memories.
Bernice Lott 1930–present Social psychology
Brinton Lykes 1949–present

M

Surnames beginning with M
Name Lifetime Field Comments Refs.
Eleanor Maccoby 1917–2018 Developmental psych. Noted for her contributions to the fields of developmental psychology and gender studies.
Karen Machover 1902–1996
Eva Magnusson 1947–present
Margaret Mahler 1897–1985
Jean Matter Mandler
Jeanne Marecek 1946–present
Elizabeth Holloway Marston 1893–1993
Lillien Jane Martin 1851–1943
Clara Mayo 1931–1981 Social psychology
Harriette Pipes McAdoo 1940–2009
Katharine Elizabeth McBride 1904–1976 Neuropsychology
Martha McClintock 1947–present
Sally-Anne McCormack Clinical psych.
Myrtle McGraw 1899–1988
Maureen McHugh 1952–present
Martha Mednick 1929–2020 Clinical psychology
Gertrud Meili-Dworetzki 1912–1995
Rivka Bertisch Meir
Esther Menaker 1907–2003
Maud Amanda Merrill 1888–1978
Shari Miles-Cohen 1964–present
Alice Miller 1923–2010
Arlyn Miller 1925–2013
Brenda Milner 1918–present Neuropsych. Sometimes referred to as "the founder of neuropsychology".
Mildred B. Mitchell 1903–1983
Geraldine Moane 1956–present
Maria Montessori 1870–1952 Physician and educator best known for the Montessori education philosophy, and her writing on scientific pedagogy.
Kate Gordon Moore 1878–1963
Jill Morawski ?–present
Krista Muis ?–present Educational psych. Canada Research Chair in epistemic cognition and self-regulated learning
Lois Barclay Murphy 1902–2003

N

Surnames beginning with N
Name Lifetime Field Comments Refs.
Leola Neal 1911–1995
Saundra M. Nettles 1947–present
Bernice Neugarten 1916–2001
Elaine Nicholson ?–present Counselling psychology
Paula Nicolson 1949–present
Susan A. Nolan 1968–present
Susan Nolen-Hoeksema 1959–2013
Naomi Norsworthy 1877–1916
Mary Northway 1909–1987

O

Surnames beginning with O
Name Lifetime Field Comments Refs.
Gamze Ongan 1958–present
Joy Osofsky ?-present Clinical and Developmental Psychology Some of her notable work has examined the aftereffects of Hurricane Katrina, experiences of children raised in broken households, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on communities.
Lise Østergaard 1924–1996 Clinical psych. Became Denmark'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.
Maria Ovsiankina See Maria Rickers-Ovsiankina

P

Surnames beginning with P
Name Lifetime Field Comments Refs.
Linda Papadopoulos 1971–present
Mary Parlee 1943–2018
Celestia Susannah Parrish 1853–1918
Janis Paterson ?–present Developmental psychology One of the founding directors of the longitudinal Pacific Islands Families Study.
Carolyn R. Payton 1925–2001 The first woman director, as well as the first African-American director, of the Peace Corps.
Helen Peak 1900–1985
Cheves Perky 1874–1940 Developed "The Perky Effect", which examines the link between mental imagery and visual perception.
Anne Petersen
Eva Bendix Petersen
Jean Pettifor 1922–2015
Hanna Pickard 1972–present Moral psych. Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Bioethics.
Reva Potashin 1921–present
Carmen Poulin 1958–present
LeShawndra Price
Inez Beverly Prosser 1895–1934 First African-American woman to earn a PhD in psychology. She is known for her studies involving the possible differences in the personality and self-esteem of African-American youth attending segregated versus integrated schools.
Lorine Pruette 1896–1976
Sandra Pyke ?–present

Q–R

Surnames beginning with Q and R
Name Lifetime Field Comments Refs.
Marian Radke-Yarrow 1918–2007
H. Lorraine Radtke 1952–present
Gertrude Rand 1886–1970
Rosalie Rayner 1898–1935
Elaine Reese ?–present Psychology professor. Her specialty is early language acquisition.
Jean Rhodes ?–present Clinical psych. Frank L. Boyden Professor of Psychology in the clinical psychology division at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
Maria Rickers-Ovsiankina 1898–1993
Stephanie Riger 1946–present
Sylvia Rimm 1935–present
Michele Ritterman
Anne Roe 1904–1991
Natalie Rogers 1928–2015
Maria Root 1955–present Clinical psychology
Eleanor Rosch
Erin Ross 1956–present
Esther Rothblum 1955–present
Frances Rousmaniere 1876–1964
Lisa Rubin 1975–present
Susanna Rubinstein 1847–1914
Nora Ruck 1981–present
Nancy Felipe Russo 1943–present
Michelle Ryan

S

Surnames beginning with S
Name Lifetime Field Comments Refs.
Jeanne Safer
Eleanor Saffran Cognitive neuropsych.
Janis Sanchez-Hucles 1951–present
Bernice Resnick Sandler 1928–2019
Virginia Satir
Elizabeth Scarborough 1935–2015
Janina Scarlet 1983–present Known for superhero therapy, a technique which incorporates pop culture references about superheroes into psychotherapy
Margot Scherl 1952–present
Sanda Schmidjell 1962–present
Pauline Sears 1908–1993 Educational psychology
Denise Sekaquaptewa 1965–present
Charlene Senn 1960–present
Felicisima Serafica 1932–2019
Deborah Serani
Lisa Serbin 1946–present
Georgene Seward 1902–1992 Feminist psychology
Virginia Staudt Sexton 1916–1997
Francine Shapiro
Tamara Sher Clinical psych.
Carolyn Wood Sherif 1922–1982
Sara Shettleworth
Stephanie Shields 1949–present
Milicent Shinn 1858–1940 Child psych.
Margaret Signorella 1952–present
Louise Silverstein 1946–present
Amy Singer
Marie Skodak Crissey 1910–2000 Served as president of two divisions of the American Psychological Association. Received the received the 1968 Joseph P. Kennedy Award for Research in Mental Retardation.
Margaret Keiver Smith 1846–1934
Theodate Smith 1860–1914
Florence Snodgrass 1902–1997
Elizabeth Spelke
Janet Taylor Spence 1923–2015 Spent most of her career researching and contributing towards gender-related issues, especially involving women.
Sabina Spielrein 1885 OS – 1942
Cannie Stark 1945–present
Clara Stern 1877–1945 Developmental psych. Together with husband William Stern, published findings from their detailed diaries about their three children.
Muriel Stern 1918–1991
Abigail J. Stewart 1949–present
Lois Meek Stolz 1891–1984
Janet Stoppard 1945–present
Bonnie Strickland 1936–present
Christine Stromberger 1949–present
Noreen Stuckless 1940–present

T

Surnames beginning with T
Name Lifetime Field Comments Refs.
Catherine Tamis-LeMonda ?–present
Sandra Schwartz Tangri 1937–2003
Amy Tanner 1870–1956
Lucilia Tavares ?–present
Shelley E. Taylor 1946–present Social neuroscience
Clara Thompson 1893–1958
Sharon Thompson-Schill
Thelma Thurstone 1897–1993
Leonore Tiefer 1944–present
Ethel Tobach 1921–2015
Deborah Tolman ?–present Developmental psychology
Ruth Tolman 1893–1957
Anne Treisman 1935–2018 Cognitive psych.
Reiko True 1933–present Recognized for her efforts to advance mental health services for Asian Americans and other minorities in the US.
Jeanne Tsai
Alberta Banner Turner 1909–2008
Leona Tyler 1906–1993

U

Surnames beginning with U
Name Lifetime Field Comments Refs.
Vindhya Undurti 1955–present Feminist psych.
Rhoda Unger 1939–2019 Feminist psych.
Jane Ussher ?–present

V

Surnames beginning with V
Name Lifetime Field Comments Refs.
Sari van Anders 1978–present
Melba J. T. Vasquez 1951–present
Star Vega 1949–2004 Multicultural psychology
Magdalen Dorothea Vernon 1901–1991
Helen Verrall 1883–1959
Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga 1937–present Had a decades-long career at the University of Montreal in Canada, before being elected Latvia's first woman president.
Margareta Anna Vobruba 1951–present Psychoanalysis
Marie-Louise von Franz 1915–1998 Analytical psych.
Hedwig von Restorff 1906–1962 Established the presence of perceptual features as differences by measuring their effect on recall (the von Restorff Effect).
Beverly J. Vandiver ?–present Black psychology Led development of the Cross Racial Identity Scale. Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Black Psychology.

W

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Joan Scott Wallace (photo published 1977)
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Margaret Floy Washburn (early 1900s)
Surnames beginning with W
Name Lifetime Field Comments Refs.
Joan Scott Wallace 1930–2018
Barbara Strudler Wallston 1943–1987
Mary Roth Walsh 1939–1998
Margaret Floy Washburn 1871–1939 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.
Nicole Weekes
Naomi Weisstein 1939–2015
Susan Weinschenk 1953–present Behavioural psychology
Louise Thompson Welch 1916–2004
Beth Wellman 1895–1952
Beate West-Leuer 1951– Psychoanalysis
Aaronette White 1961–2012
Keturah Whitehurst 1912–2000
Blossom Wigdor 1924–present
Sue Wilkinson 1954–present
Lillie Williams 1854–1923
Carla Willig 1964–present
Theta Holmes Wolf 1904–1997
Helen Thompson Woolley 1874–1947 Noted for her work in gender studies. She was the first to research gender differences in a truly scientific and experimental way.
Judith Worell 1928–present Clinical psychology
Beatrice A. Wright 1917–2018
Marion MacDonald Wright ?–2015
Mary J. Wright 1915–2014
Gail E. Wyatt 1944–present She is known for her research on consensual and abusive sexual relationships and their influence on psychological well-being, and creation of culturally appropriate measures. She was also the first African American woman in the state of California to receive a license to practice psychology.
Karen Wyche ?–present
Karen Wynn ?–present

X–Z

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Fei Xu (2014)
Surnames beginning with X, Y and Z
Name Lifetime Field Comments Refs.
Fei Xu 1969–present
Rivka Yahav 1950–present Psychotherapy
Janice Yoder 1952–present Feminist psychology Research into the experiences of token individuals - those in a career where they are not of the traditional gender. including the difference between the experiences of women in traditionally masculine careers (who struggle to attain recognition and success) versus men in traditionally feminine careers (who are able to find success far more easily), and the impact of race on experiences of women in traditionally masculine careers.
Sue Rosenberg Zalk 1945–2001
Bluma Zeigarnik 1901–1988 Most notable for her discovery of the Zeigarnik effect, where forgotten incomplete tasks are better remembered than complete ones.

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