It is only in the last two decades that American historiographers have begun to deal with the contributions of those women who, in spite of the key role they played in shaping the history of psychology, have been completely omitted from histories of psychology. As for Europe, apart from a few studies on women working on psychoanalysis, those figures whose intellectual and scientific careers were significant in terms of both the evolution of psychology and social impact have been entirely neglected.
This book is designed to remedy that neglect. It is aimed not only at scholars and students of the history of psychology but also at a wider public. It is our fervent hope that this work will prove to be the first of many on the subject of the contributions of women psychologists to the field.

Horst Gundlach, Full professor of History of Psychology. Former director of the Institut für Geschichte der Psychologie in Passau (Germany), and editor of various series of books on the history of psychology.
Robert A. Roe, Emeritus professor of Organizational Theory and Organizational Behavior Psychology and founding president of the European Association of Work & Organizational Psychology.
Maria Sinatra, Full professor of General Psychology. Head of the Laboratory of the History of Applied Psychology and of the "A. Marzi" Virtual Repository of Scientific Instruments.
Giancarlo Tanucci, Full professor of Work Psychology. President of the Italian Society of Educational Psychology, and Bari University Official Delegate for Teaching Innovation.