Lucy Freeman (née Greenbaum, 1916–2004),[1] was an American journalist and author who published 78 books.[2][3]
She is best known for her articles on psychiatry and mental health for The New York Times, after being hired by the newspaper in 1940. Freeman pushed for other editors to cover these topics and she was central to the growth of such coverage.
Freeman also helped preserve Sigmund Freud’s private papers and wrote many books discussing Freud as well as other areas of psychiatry. The publication of these books allowed for such previously taboo subjects to become normalised among the general audience.[citation needed]
The American Psychiatric Association awarded her the Writers Award in 1976. In 1986, she was awarded the National Media Award by the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis.