Karen Horney

by Susan Tyler Hitchcock

Published 30 July 2004
One of the earliest practitioners of psychoanalysis to question the theories and practice of Sigmund Freud, Horney emigrated to the United States from Germany in 1932 and became a beloved teacher, magnetic lecturer, and controversial theorist in psychoanalytical circles.

Levi-Montalcini won the 1986 Nobel Prize for Science and Medicine for her groundbreaking work in discovering nerve growth factor.