PSYCHOLOGIST

Carol Gilligan

1936 - Today

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Carol Gilligan (; born November 28, 1936) is an American feminist, ethicist, and psychologist best known for her work on ethical community and ethical relationships. Gilligan is a professor of Humanities and Applied Psychology at New York University and was a visiting professor at the Centre for Gender Studies and Jesus College at the University of Cambridge until 2009. She is known for her book In a Different Voice (1982), which criticized Lawrence Kohlberg's stages of moral development. In 1996, Time magazine listed her among America's 25 most influential people. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carol Gilligan is the 99th most popular psychologist (up from 121st in 2019), the 2,052nd most popular biography from United States (up from 2,265th in 2019) and the 34th most popular American Psychologist.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Carol Gilligan ranks 99 out of 235. Before her are Urie Bronfenbrenner, V. S. Ramachandran, Vladimir Bekhterev, R. D. Laing, Rollo May, and Walter Bradford Cannon. After her are Frederick Herzberg, Rudolf Arnheim, Charles Spearman, Donald O. Hebb, Adolf Bastian, and Muzafer Sherif.

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Among people born in 1936, Carol Gilligan ranks 102. Before her are Jill Ireland, Georgina Spelvin, Frank Stella, Roy Emerson, Leonel Sánchez, and Julio María Sanguinetti. After her are Gianni Vattimo, Christine Nöstlinger, Richard E. Stearns, Masashi Watanabe, Ljubiša Samardžić, and Anna German.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carol Gilligan ranks 2,052 out of 20,380. Before her are Khloé Kardashian (1984), Jake Gyllenhaal (1980), Ray Ewry (1873), Jackie Coogan (1914), David Keith (1954), and Katharine Ross (1940). After her are Scarlett Johansson (1984), Billy Crystal (1948), Owen D. Young (1874), Bob Newhart (1929), Saul Kripke (1940), and Barnett Newman (1905).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United States

Among psychologists born in United States, Carol Gilligan ranks 34. Before her are Edward C. Tolman (1886), Harry Stack Sullivan (1892), Benjamin Bloom (1913), David McClelland (1917), Rollo May (1909), and Walter Bradford Cannon (1871). After her are Frederick Herzberg (1923), Jon Kabat-Zinn (1944), Robert Sternberg (1949), James McKeen Cattell (1860), Jean Tatlock (1914), and Thomas Gordon (1918).

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