Karen Machover
Sophie Karen Alper was an Belarus-born American psychologist better known as Karen Machover.Early life and education
Sophie Karen Alper was born on September 12, 1902 in Minsk, Belarus. She migrated to the Lower East Side with her parents in 1910. Both her parents died by the time she was 8 years old. With little assistance from relatives, she was self-supporting by the age of 12. She graduate elementary school with honors at the age of 12 and completed a high school equivalency. She earned a bachelor of arts from New York University in 1929 and a master of arts from the New York University School of Education. She conducted doctoral studies at Columbia University in the mid-1930s but never completed the degree.Career
Machover embraced feminism and rejected Freudian Theory which she had previously embraced.Personal life
Alper married Solomon Machover in 1936. Together, they had one son, Robert Machover.Publications
