Esther Seager
The Seagers carried out innovative, humane, and imaginative policies in their treatment of the patients at Sunnyside asylum in New Zealand.
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June Opie
June Opie was a polio survivor, clinical psychologist, writer and broadcaster who overcame discrimination against the disabled to achieve professional and personal success. Her memoir, Over my dead body (1957), was an international best-seller and brought her widespread fame.
Marie Mildred Clay
Marie Clay was an influential literacy researcher and educationalist whose pioneering Reading Recovery programme changed the experience of learning to read for many children in many countries.
Christine Ladd-Franklin
Christine Ladd-Franklin was an American psychologist, logician and mathematician who was one of the earliest women to work in American universities.
Edith Hirsch Luchins
Edith Luchins was a Polish-American mathematician who applied mathematical methods to problems in the philosophy of science and psychology.
Kathleen Mary Gertrude Todd
Kathleen Todd believed passionately that the important role of any doctor is ‘sometimes to cure, often to relieve, but always to console’. This dictum came to have a very personal resonance for this gifted, warm and empathetic psychiatrist.
Dr Reiko Homma True
A leading advocate for culturally sensitive mental health care, Dr. Reiko Homma True is dedicated to improving mental health treatment for the Asian-American community and other minority populations. She is a devoted mentor who has worked hard to support other Asian-American women pursuing careers in psychology.
Dr Mamie Phipps Clark
Dr. Mamie Phipps Clark was a pathbreaking psychologist whose research helped desegregate schools in the United States. Over a three-decade career, Dr. Clark researched child development and racial prejudice in ways that not only benefitted generations of children but changed the field of psychology.
Ann Katharine Mitchell
Ann Katharine Mitchell was a British cryptanalyst and psychologist who worked on decrypting messages encoded in the Germans’ Enigma cypher at Bletchley Park during World War II.
Mary Applebey
Mary Frances Applebey was an English civil servant and mental health activist.