Esther Loring Richards

thumb|Esther Loring Richards in 1924 Esther Loring Richards (June 6, 1885 – July 6, 1956) was an American physician and child psychiatrist, based in Baltimore. She was on the faculty at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and psychiatrist-in-charge of the outpatient department at the Henry Phipps Psychiatric Clinic from 1920 until 1951. Quotes "One of the most difficult things the doctor and teacher have to do is to blast the popular and ancient delusion that there is an instinctive preparation for parenthood; that because a husband and wife produce a child they are mysteriously endowed with perfect wisdom concerning the nurture and development of this child." Richards, Esther Loring (1929-02-01). "Mental Aspects of Play". American Physical Education Review. 34 (2): 98–100. doi:10.1080/23267224.1929.10652371. "Prohibition, whether of the use of alcohol or anything else we may want or wish to do, will never develop in us or any people self control, a sense of social responsibility, or the ability to make wise choices for ourselves." "Woman Scientist Decries Dry Law; Dr. Esther Richards, Psychiatrist at Johns Hopkins, Joins Reform Organization". The New York Times. 1931-04-12. Retrieved 2022-09-26. Part of her 1931 announcement that she was opposed to the Eighteenth Amendment and was joining the Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform External links Category:Physicians from Massachusetts Category:1885 births Category:1956 deaths Category:Psychiatrists from the United States Category:Scientists from Massachusetts Category:Women scientists from the United States Category:Women born in the 1880s Category:Johns Hopkins University faculty Category:Johns Hopkins University alumni