Hedda Bolgar
| Hedda Bolgar | |
|---|---|
| Born |
August 19, 1909 Switzerland |
| Died | May 13, 2013 (aged 103) |
| Alma mater | PhD, University of Vienna, 1934, Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute |
| Occupation | Psychoanalyst |
| Employer | Mt. Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles Institute and Society for Psychoanalytic Studies, The Wright Institute of Los Angeles, (1970-), Hedda Bolgar Psychotherapy Clinic, (1974-) |
| Spouse(s) | Herbert Bekker |
| Parent(s) | Elek Bolgar, Elza Stern |
Hedda Bolgar (August 19, 1909 – May 13, 2013) was a psychoanalyst in Los Angeles, California, who maintained an active practice when she was over 100 years old.[1] She saw patients four days a week at age 102.[2]
She studied at the University of Vienna.[3] "Bolgar was one of the last living psychologists to have attended Freud's lectures in Vienna, Austria."[4]
She received an Outstanding Oldest Worker Award in 2011 in Washington, D.C., at age 102.[5]
She appeared in the documentary The Beauty of Aging.[6]
Quotes
- "I've lived through revolutions, famine, war. Things like that."
- "There was a war, and I had vanilla ice cream for lunch."
- "I started a lot of things at 65." [7]
- "The day the Nazis came to Vienna, I left. I had been very active in anti-Nazi politics and it really wasn't safe for me to stay. They came in on a Sunday and I decided Sunday was a good time to leave because on Monday they'd start working. They'd probably find the person who wrote those terrible articles about them pretty quickly."[8]
- "Women must be agents of their own lives. They must not be dependent on someone else to provide for them."[9]
See also
References
- ↑ "Hedda Bolgar". Psychology's Feminist Voices. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ↑ "The Beauty of Aging – Hedda Bolgar". Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ↑ Chawkins, Steve (May 18, 2013). "Hedda Bolgar, Renowned Psychoanalyst, Dies at 103". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ↑ Persch, Jasmin Aline. "At Age 102, This Therapist Is Still Psyched: Therapist Hedda Bolgar Sees Patients Four Days a Week". Today. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ↑ Chawkins, Steve (May 18, 2013). "Hedda Bolgar, Renowned Psychoanalyst, Dies at 103". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ↑ "The Beauty of Aging – Hedda Bolgar". Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ↑ Lopez, Steve (September 14, 2008). "At 99, She's Living Life for Others". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ↑ Peri, Camille (undated). "A 99-Year-Old Psychoanalyst Talks About Why the Last Three Decades Have Been Some of the Best Years of Her Life". Caring.com. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ↑ "America's Outstanding Oldest Workers – 2011: Hedda Bolgar". Experience Works. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
External links
- "The Beauty of Aging - Hedda Bolgar".
- Video and tribute to Hedda Bolgar
- Hedda Bolgar Psychotherapy Clinic, Wright Institute Los Angeles
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