In 1905, with additions in 1923, Freud published his only extended account of analytic work with a woman. His patient was Ida Bauer, code-named “Dora.” Psychoanalysts value this case study for the information it provides about analytic techniques and about Freud's formulation of the transference phenomenon (Muslin and Gill, 1978; Kanzer and Glenn, 1980; Bernheimer and Kahane, 1985). Feminist critics, often less sympathetic to Freud, find this case a touchstone for their dissatisfaction with the psychoanalytic interpretation of women's experience (Bernheimer and Kahane, 1985). In the essay that follows, I plan to disregard the elements emphasized in Freud's narrative