Female Pioneers
Here is some of the women who aspired to use their knowledge and expertise to help the foundation of psychology:
Anna Freud known as the founder of child psychoanalysis, built on her father Sigmund Freud's work by identifying different defense mechanism like; denial, repression, and suppression. 
Mary Whiton Calkins was the first female president of the American Psychological Association, her writings combined philosophy and psychology. Her work centered on memory and the self, which she said could never be fully defined. 
Mary Ainsworth developmental psychologists, was a lead researches in the field of attachment theory. She developed the Strange Situation Test which analyzes the pattern of attachment between a child and mother or caregiver. The areas included: secure, anxious-avoidant insecure, anxious-resistant insecure, and disorganized/disoriented.
Karen Horney studied feminists psychology, he study of how gender power imbalance impact the development of psychological theories and mental health treatment. She urged to recognize how differences between men and women originate in socialization and culture- not biology.

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