Jenny Aubry
- October 8, 1903
- January 28, 1987
- 83 years
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Jenny Aubry, 83, French psychiatrist and psychoanalyst.
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|Marie Jenny Emilie Aubry (née Weiss; 8 October 1903 – 21 January 1987) was a French psychiatrist and psychoanalyst.
Life and career
Jeanne Félicie Weiss (née Javal; 1871–1956) was born to a Jewish Alsatian family of the Parisian middle-class elite. Her mother Jeanne Javal was the daughter of Louis Émile Javal, who is known as the father of orthoptics. Her father Paul Louis Weiss (1867–1945) was a Protestant Lutheran engineer. She was the sister of the famous suffragette and writer Louise Weiss.
She did a medical internship with neurologist Clovis Vincent in 1934. Between 1935 and 1939, she specialized in child neuropsychiatry under Georges Heuyer. In 1939, Aubry became the second female doctor officially titled "médecin des hôpitaux" in France, after Thérèse Bertrand-Fontaine.
Having worked with the Resistance during the war, she discovered psychoanalysis through Anna Freud in 1948, and trained as a psychoanalyst under the supervision of Jacques Lacan, with whom she developed a friendship and whom she followed through the various splits of the French psychoanalytic movement.
Aware too of the work of such figures as René Spitz and John Bowlby, Aubry began to specialise in the treatment of institutionalised children, exploring the role of maternal deprivation in their symptomatology. Her book Enfance Abandonée was published in 1953, and her collected papers in 2003.
Family
She married fellow doctor Alexandre Roudinesco on November 25, 1928, with whom she had three children, including Élisabeth Roudinesco. In 1953 she remarried to mathematician Pierre Aubry.
Through her mother she was the niece of Alice Anna Weiller (née Javal) and the cousin of Paul-Louis Weiller, the son of Alice and Lazare Weiller.
Publications
- Aubry, Jenny; Roudinesco, Élisabeth (2010). Psychanalyse des enfants séparés : études cliniques (1952-1986). Paris: Flammarion. ISBN 978-2-207-25480-6.*
- Aubry, Jenny (1983). Enfance abandonnée. La carence de soins maternels. Paris: Scarabee and Cie. ISBN 2-86722-005-X.
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Trivia & Knowledge· 16 questions
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1.On what date was Jenny Aubry born?
- A.1 January 1903
- B.21 January 1987
- C.8 October 1903correct
- D.25 November 1928
Jenny Aubry was born on 8 October 1903.
Source: biographical header
2.What was the profession of Paul Louis Weiss, the father of Jenny Aubry?
- A.French psychiatrist
- B.Orthoptist
- C.Mathematician
- D.Protestant Lutheran engineercorrect
Paul Louis Weiss was a Protestant Lutheran engineer.
Source: life and career section
3.Who was the sister of Jenny Aubry?
- A.Thérèse Bertrand-Fontaine
- B.Alice Anna Weiller
- C.Élisabeth Roudinesco
- D.Louise Weisscorrect
Jenny Aubry was the sister of the famous suffragette and writer Louise Weiss.
Source: life and career section
4.With which neurologist did Jenny Aubry complete a medical internship in 1934?
- A.Clovis Vincentcorrect
- B.John Bowlby
- C.René Spitz
- D.Georges Heuyer
Jenny Aubry performed a medical internship with neurologist Clovis Vincent in 1934.
Source: life and career section
5.Under whom did Jenny Aubry specialize in child neuropsychiatry between 1935 and 1939?
- A.Jacques Lacan
- B.Alexandre Roudinesco
- C.Anna Freud
- D.Georges Heuyercorrect
Jenny Aubry specialized in child neuropsychiatry under Georges Heuyer from 1935 to 1939.
Source: life and career section
6.Who was the first female doctor officially titled 'médecin des hôpitaux' in France, preceding Jenny Aubry?
- A.Élisabeth Roudinesco
- B.Thérèse Bertrand-Fontainecorrect
- C.Louise Weiss
- D.Jeanne Javal
Jenny Aubry became the second female doctor with this title after Thérèse Bertrand-Fontaine.
Source: life and career section
7.In what year did Jenny Aubry first discover psychoanalysis through Anna Freud?
- A.1948correct
- B.1953
- C.1939
- D.1934
Jenny Aubry discovered psychoanalysis through Anna Freud in 1948.
Source: life and career section
8.Under whose supervision did Jenny Aubry train as a psychoanalyst?
- A.René Spitz
- B.Pierre Aubry
- C.Jacques Lacancorrect
- D.John Bowlby
Jenny Aubry trained as a psychoanalyst under the supervision of Jacques Lacan.
Source: life and career section
9.Which issue did Jenny Aubry explore regarding the symptomatology of institutionalized children?
- A.Genetic inheritance
- B.Maternal deprivationcorrect
- C.Neurological trauma
- D.Cognitive disability
Jenny Aubry explored the role of maternal deprivation in the symptomatology of institutionalized children.
Source: life and career section
10.In what year was the book 'Enfance Abandonée' by Jenny Aubry published?
- A.1953correct
- B.2003
- C.1939
- D.1948
Jenny Aubry's book Enfance Abandonée was published in 1953.
Source: life and career section
11.Who was the first husband of Jenny Aubry?
- A.Pierre Aubry
- B.Lazare Weiller
- C.Alexandre Roudinescocorrect
- D.Louis Émile Javal
Jenny Aubry married fellow doctor Alexandre Roudinesco on November 25, 1928.
Source: family section
12.What was the profession of Jenny Aubry's second husband, Pierre Aubry?
- A.Neurologist
- B.Mathematiciancorrect
- C.Engineer
- D.Psychoanalyst
In 1953, Jenny Aubry remarried to the mathematician Pierre Aubry.
Source: family section
13.Who is one of the three children of Jenny Aubry and Alexandre Roudinesco?
- A.Élisabeth Roudinescocorrect
- B.Alice Anna Weiller
- C.Paul-Louis Weiller
- D.Louise Weiss
Jenny Aubry and Alexandre Roudinesco had three children, including Élisabeth Roudinesco.
Source: family section
14.Jenny Aubry was the cousin of which man?
- A.Louis Émile Javal
- B.Jacques Lacan
- C.René Spitz
- D.Paul-Louis Weillercorrect
Jenny Aubry was the cousin of Paul-Louis Weiller.
Source: family section
15.When did Jenny Aubry die?
- A.1986
- B.1956
- C.1945
- D.21 January 1987correct
Jenny Aubry died on 21 January 1987.
Source: biographical header
16.What is the name of Jenny Aubry's maternal grandfather, known as the father of orthoptics?
- A.Paul Louis Weiss
- B.Alexandre Roudinesco
- C.Lazare Weiller
- D.Louis Émile Javalcorrect
Jenny Aubry's mother was the daughter of Louis Émile Javal, known as the father of orthoptics.
Source: life and career section
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