In an excellent article, the author summarizes the development of psychoanalytic thought on female sexuality. He reviews Freud's position and the changes and

elaborations of other analysts, particularly those women analysts whose contributions began to appear in the decade, 1920-1930. The author places these concepts in the context of the diverging views of Rank and Ferenczi, together with Freud's responses to these developments. Freud's personal problems with cancer, the death of his mother in 1930, and the death of Abraham in 1925 are all discussed. The contributions of Abraham, Horney, Helene Deutsch, Melanie Klein, Ernest Jones, and Lampl-de Groot are reviewed in relation to Freud's work.