Mildred Edie Brady (June 3, 1906 – July 27, 1965) was a freelance writer for The New Republic who is mostly known for writing the May 26, 1947 article The Strange Case of Wilhelm Reich[1] (with the subhead, "The man who blames both neuroses and cancer on unsatisfactory sexual activities has been repudiated by only one scientific journal") about psychiatrist Wilhelm Reich's controversial "cosmic energy" research.
Wilhelm Reich had quit lecturing on medical psychology at the New School for Social Research, after having been invited to teach there in 1939.
[2] She intended to gain evidence to portray Reich as a conductor of a confidence trick, but did not get any special information from her visit.
[4] The article's reception contributed to a downturn of Reich's reputation which ultimately led to his conviction and imprisonment.
After the beginning of World War II Brady and her husband worked for the Office of Price Administration.