Joyce Brothers | |
|---|---|
 Brothers in 1957 | |
| Born | Joyce Diane Bauer October 20, 1927 Brooklyn, New York City, U.S. |
| Died | May 13, 2013 (aged 85) Fort Lee, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Resting place | Beth David Cemetery |
| Education | Cornell University (BA) Columbia University (MA, PhD) |
| Occupation(s) | Psychologist, television personality, advice columnist, writer |
| Years active | 1955–2013 |
| Spouse |
Milton Brothers
(m. 1949; died 1989) |
| Children | 1 |
Joyce Diane Bauer Brothers (October 20, 1927 – May 13, 2013) was an American psychologist, television personality, advice columnist, and writer.
In 1955, she won the top prize on the American game show The $64,000 Question.[1] Her fame from the game show allowed her to go on to host various advice columns and television shows, which established her as a pioneer in the field of "pop (popular) psychology".
Brothers is often credited as the first to normalize psychological concepts to the American mainstream.[1] Her syndicated columns were featured in newspapers and magazines, including a monthly column for Good Housekeeping, in which she contributed for nearly 40 years.[2] As Brothers quickly became the "face of psychology" for American audiences, she appeared in numerous television roles, usually as herself.[3] From the 1970s onward, she also began to accept fictional roles that mocked her "woman psychologist" persona.[4] She is noted for working continuously for five decades across various platforms.[1] Numerous groups recognized Brothers for her strong leadership as a woman in the psychology field and for trying to end the stigma around mental health.
- ^ a b c Collins, Kathleen (2016). Dr. Joyce Brothers: The founding mother of TV psychology. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-4422-6869-2.
- ^ Stevens, Gwendolyn; Gardner, Sheldon (1982). The women of psychology volume II: Expansion and Refinement. Cambridge, MA: Schenkman Publishing Company, Inc. ISBN 0-87073-446-6.
- ^ Farley, Frank (2014). "Joyce Brothers (1927–2013)". American Psychologist. 69 (5): 550. doi:10.1037/a0036810. PMID 25046721.
- ^ DeAngelis, Tori (January 2011). "Ahead of her time". Monitor on Psychology. Vol. 42, no. 1. American Psychological Association. p. 30. Retrieved 2019-11-18.