# List of women psychologists

This is a list of women psychologists.
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q–R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X–Z
* Notes
* References

## A

Surnames beginning with A :
| Name | Lifetime | Field | Comments |
| 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 |
| Harriet Babcock | 1877–1952 | | |
| Georgia Babladelis | 1931–2009 | | |
| Renée Baillargeon | 1954–present | Cognitive psych.Developmental psych. | |
| 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 | | Clinical psych.Developmental psych. | |
| 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 | | Clinical psych.Health psych. | |
| Deborah Belle | 1948–present | | |
| Sandra Bem | 1944–2014 | | Known for her works in androgyny and gender studies. |
| Jessica Benjamin | 1946–present | Feminist psychologyPsychoanalysis | |
| Siham Benchekroun | | | Better known for her poetry |
| Anna Berliner | 1888–1977 | | |
| Martha E. Bernal | 1931–2001 | | |
| Marion Bills | 1890–1970 | | |
| Hedda Bolgar | 1909–2013 | | |
| Meg Bond | ?–present | | |
| Barbara Bonner | | Clinical psych. | |
| Lucinda Pearl Boggs | 1847-1931 | Child development | |
| Lucy May Boring | 1886–1996 | | |
| Mary Brabeck | 1945–present | | |
| Virginia Braun | 1972 - present | critical psychology | Best known for her contributions to qualitative methodology, especially Thematic Analysis with collaborator Victoria Clarke. |
| 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 | Peace psychologyPsychometrics | |
| Bonnie Burstow | 1945–2020 | | |
| Charlotte Bühler | 1893–1974 | | |
| Barbara Stoddard Burks | 1902–1943 | | |
| Emily Bushnell | | | |
| E. Sandra Byers | 1951–present | Clinical psychologySexology | |
| 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. | |
| Victoria Clarke | present | Critical psych. | Clarke's main area of focus is qualitative research and particularly the reflexive approach to thematic analysis she has developed with Virginia Braun | |
| Catherine Classen | ?–present | | | |
| Martha Guernsey Colby | 1899–1952 | | | |
| Lillian Comas-Díaz | ?–present | | | |
| Helen Coons | 1958–present | | | |
| Suzanne Corkin | 1937–2016 | Cognitive neuroscienceNeuropsych. | | |
| 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 |
| 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 Downey | 1875–1932 | | |
| Elizabeth Duffy | 1904–1970 | | |
| Helen Flanders Dunbar | 1902–1959 | | |
| Carol Dweck | 1946–present | Social psych. | |

## E

Surnames beginning with E :
| Name | Lifetime | Field | Comments |
| 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

Surnames beginning with F :
| Name | Lifetime | Field | Comments |
| Grace Fernald | 1879–1950 | | |
| Mabel Fernald | 1883–1952 | | |
| Cordelia Fine | | | |
| Michelle Fine | ?–present | | |
| Maryanne Fisher | 1975–present | Evolutionary Psychology | |
| 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 | Child psych.Psychoanalysis | 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. | [124][125] [126] |
| 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 | | | |
| Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela | 1955 - present | Psychoanalysis Social psych. | Best known for her work in reconciliation, and her award-winning book, A Human Being Died That Night: A South African Story of Forgiveness | |
| 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 | 1923–2024 | | | |
| Elizabeth Gould | | | | |
| Leeat Granek | 1979–present | | | |
| Beverly Greene | ?–present | | | |
| Esther Greenglass | 1940–present | | | |
| Germaine Guex | 1904–1984 | | | |
| Maria Gurevich (psychologist) | 1963–present | | | |
| Marcia Guttentag | 1932–1977 | | | |

## H

Surnames beginning with H :
| Name | Lifetime | Field | Comments |
| 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 | | |
| Janet E. Helms | ?–present | | |
| 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 | Clinical psych.Educational psych.Psych. of women | 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 |
| Bärbel Inhelder | 1913–1997 | |
| Susan Sutherland Isaacs | 1885–1948 | Educational psych.Psychoanalysis |
| Tania Israel | 1966–present | |
| Margaret Ives | 1903–2000 | |

## J

Surnames beginning with J :
| Name | Lifetime | Field | Comments |
| 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 | Behaviour therapyDevelopmental psych | |

## K

Surnames beginning with K :
| Name | Lifetime | Field | Comments |
| 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 | | |
| Barbara Klein | ?-present | Clinical Psychology Attachment | Noted for her work in twin development, attachment and parenting of twins. |
| Melanie Klein | 1882–1960 | Child psychotherapyPsychoanalysis | 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 |
| 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 |
| Eleanor Maccoby | 1917–2018 | Developmental psych. | Noted for her contributions to the fields of developmental psychology and gender studies. |
| Karen Machover | 1902–1996 | | |
| Catriona Macleod | 1964 - present | Feminist Psych | |
| 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 | | |
| Tracy Morison | 1981-present | Feminist psych. | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | | Clinical psych.Family therapy | |
| Anne Roe | 1904–1991 | | |
| Natalie Rogers | 1928–2015 | | |
| Wendy Stainton Rogers | 1946 - present | Health psych. Critical psych. | |
| 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 |
| 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 | Clinical psychologyPsychotherapy | 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 | | |
| Seham Sergiwa | 1963–present | Clinical psychology | Elected to the Libyan parliament in 2014. Abducted by the Libyan National Army in 2019, whereabouts currently unknown. |
| Georgene Seward | 1902–1992 | Feminist psychology | |
| Virginia Staudt Sexton | 1916–1997 | | |
| Roz Shafran | 1970–present | Pediatric psychology | Known for pioneering research on perfectionism |
| 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 | Developmental psych.School psych. | Served as president of two divisions of the American Psychological Association. 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 | | |
| Christine Stephens | - present | Health psych. Ageing | Top-rated New Zealand Psychologist, best known for establishing the International Society for Critical Health Psychology with fellow New Zealanders Kerry Chamberlain and Antonia Lyons. |
| 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 |
| Catherine Tamis-LeMonda | ?–present | Applied psych.Developmental psych | |
| 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 |
| 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). | [322][323] [324][325] |
| Beverly J. Vandiver | ?–present | Black psychology | Led development of the Cross Racial Identity Scale. Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Black Psychology. | |

## W

Surnames beginning with W :
| Name | Lifetime | Field | Comments |
| 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 | Clinical psychologyDevelopmental psychology | |
| 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 | Clinical psych.Sex therapy | 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

Surnames beginning with X, Y and Z :
| Name | Lifetime | Field | Comments |
| 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 | Developmental psychologyFeminist psychology | |
| Bluma Zeigarnik | 1901–1988 | | Most notable for her discovery of the Zeigarnik effect, where forgotten incomplete tasks are better remembered than complete ones. |