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Virginia Satir

1916 - 1988

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Virginia Satir (June 26, 1916 – September 10, 1988) was an American author, clinical social worker and psychotherapist, recognized for her approach to family therapy. Her pioneering work in the field of family reconstruction therapy honored her with the title "Mother of Family Therapy". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Virginia Satir has received more than 580,372 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Virginia Satir is the 950th most popular writer (down from 794th in 2019), the 1,069th most popular biography from United States (down from 922nd in 2019) and the 106th most popular American Writer.

Virginia Woolf was a British author and essayist. Her most famous work, "A Room of One's Own," is a feminist essay about the need for women to have a place to call their own.

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  • 580k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Virginia Satir ranks 950 out of 7,302. Before her are Rubén Darío, Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, Hans Sachs, L. Frank Baum, Alexandra David-Néel, and Vātsyāyana. After her are Andrew of Crete, Johannes Tauler, Patrick White, Sin Saimdang, Alfred Kubin, and George Steiner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Virginia Satir ranks 45. Before her are Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal, Jean Dausset, Marcel Cerdan, Peter Finch, P. W. Botha, and Masaki Kobayashi. After her are Emil Gilels, Robert F. Furchgott, C. Wright Mills, Raf Vallone, Jacque Fresco, and Dino Risi. Among people deceased in 1988, Virginia Satir ranks 25. Before her are Raymond Carver, John Holmes, Kim Philby, Tibor Sekelj, Felix Wankel, and Clifford D. Simak. After her are Richard S. Castellano, Hiroaki Sato, Gert Fröbe, Luis Barragán, Valerie Solanas, and Christina Onassis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Virginia Satir ranks 1,069 out of 20,380. Before her are Julian Schwinger (1918), Peggy Guggenheim (1898), L. Frank Baum (1856), Russell Alan Hulse (1950), Philip Zimbardo (1933), and Jack Kemp (1935). After her are Minoru Yamasaki (1912), Joel Schumacher (1939), Dred Scott (1795), Hilary Putnam (1926), Michelle Phillips (1944), and Steve Carell (1962).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Virginia Satir ranks 106. Before her are Clifford D. Simak (1904), Thomas Pynchon (1937), Joyce Carol Oates (1938), Nellie Bly (1864), James Jones (1921), and L. Frank Baum (1856). After her are Stephen Covey (1932), Donna Leon (1942), Will Durant (1885), Richard Matheson (1926), William Styron (1925), and Jean Webster (1876).

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