Grete Bibring (née Margarethe Lehner; 1899–1977) was an Austrian-American psychoanalyst who became the first female full professor at Harvard Medical School in 1961.

[4] Her upbringing was amongst a wealthy Jewish family that often hosted dinner parties and imparted to her an appreciation for music, science, and art.

[2] Bibring went on to work at a psychoanalytic clinic as a training analyst and instructor for some years,[7] later becoming a member of the education committee of the Vienna Association in 1934.

[9] Bibring officially became an American citizen in 1946 [10] and continued her work and research, establishing many positions, consultancies, and fellowship in a variety of institutions and organizations.

[11] During her time in Vienna, Bibring published her first work on psychoanalysis in 1933 titled "The Phallic Phase and its Disturbances in Young Girls" for the journal Zeitschrift für psychoanalytische Pädagogik.

[2] She held positions as a training analyst and teacher at the Vienna Psychoanalytic Institution from 1933 to 1938, when the Anschluss drove her and her family to London first, then to America en 1941.