Model of human placenta designed in the style of Elizabeth Hay by Harvard Student Eric Horn. Used as instruction in HMS embryology coursework. Painted blue, green, light red, red, and purple to highlight various parts of placenta. Amniotic ectoderm…
Dr. Bibring entered medical school in 1918 at the University of Vienna. Her interest in psychoanalysis deepened during these years and by graduation in 1924, she was already a member of the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society.
Dr. Bibring was a close colleague to one of the regal members of the psychoanalytic community, Princess Marie Bonaparte of Greece. They corresponded frequently and attended many of the International Psychoanalytic Association meetings together.
Dr. Bibring’s lectures at Simmons College’s School of Social Work were highly regarded by the faculty and students. She emphasized the importance of implementing psychoanalytic standards in all aspects of social case work.
From one former president of the American Psychoanalytic Association to another, Dr. Greenacre discussed the next International Psychoanalytic Congress to be held in London, 1953.
Mary I. Bunting first approached Dr. Bibring to hold a seminar at Radcliffe College in 1965 shortly after her retirement. Each seminar that followed was a great success and the student wait list to enroll also grew.
"I have the pleasure to write to you to inform you that the National Commission for Culture in its last session has been awarded a grant to improve studies on child psychiatry in the United States of North America. To congratulate you on the…
Dr. Bibring participated in many professional activities such as the panel for "The Personal Analysis of the Candidate in its Relationship to his Supervised Analytical Work." She pushed for stricter standards in all training analysis, a testament of…
She maintained many long term friendships with her associates throughout her life. Dr. Bibring became more dependent on these relationships as her health deteriorated and became more confined to her home.
Anna was a lifelong confidant of Grete’s. She traveled across the Atlantic often to visit with Grete and other friends. Anna proves to be a prominent figure in Grete’s collection of correspondence.
Lynn Eckhert was the 2012 recipient of the Alma Dean Morani, M. D., Renaissance Woman Award. Eckhert is the author of the play "A Lady Alone", as well as many publications on primary care, global health, and academic leadership.
Audio of the oral history of psychiatrist Dr. Carola Blitzman Eisenberg, conducted by Tacey A. Rosolowski . This oral history was made as part of the Renaissance Women in Medicine Oral History Project, sponsored by the Foundation for the History of…
Full transcript from the oral history interview of Harry C. Bishop, M.D. for the Louise Schnaufer Oral History Project, conducted by Mindy Ehrhart and sponsored by the Foundation for the History of Women in Medicine
Six months before Dr. Bibring’s retirement, Beth Israel Hospital honored Grete’s service by commissioning a portrait of her. During the hospital’s annual dinner, Dr. Helen Tartakoff delivered a speech during the unveiling of the…