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Karen Horney
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BIOGRAPHY
Karen Danielsen was born in
Hamburg, Germany on September 16,
1885.
Father: Berndt Wackels Danielsen
was a religious, authoritarian ship's
captain
Mother: Clotilde was a well-educated,
more liberal intellectual who
encouraged Danielson in her studies.
Her father was a widower with four
teenaged children.
BIOGRAPHY
Unflattering comments by her father relating to both her looks
and her intelligence led Danielson to decide at the age of nine,
that if she couldn't be pretty, then she would be smart.
At age nine, she also developed a crush on her brother and
he turned her away. This led to Horney's depression which
would affect the rest of her life.
Studied at University of Freiburg and became one of the first
women in Germany to study medicine (1906)
Married Oskar Horney at 1909.
Had 3 daughters.
Died of cancer on December 4, 1952 at the age of 65