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Dr. Rosalind Dymond Cartwright, PhD (née Falk, 13 December 1922 - 15 January 2021) was an American sleep researcher specializing in dreaming, granting her the title "Queen of Dreams". She was considered a pioneer in her field and was notably the only woman. She gained recognition outside of her field and to the general populace when she testified in a 1999 case in defense of a man who killed his wife while sleepwalking.

Cartwright has published many books over the course of her career, including Psychotherapy and Personality Change in collaboration with Dr. Carl Rodgers and The Twenty-four Hour Mind.

Education
Cartwright earned Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Psychology from the University of Toronto in 1945 and 1946, respectively. She later earned a Doctor of Philosophy in social psychology from Cornell University.

Career
Cartwright researched empathy while at Cornell. She ten taught for three years at Mount Holyoke College, then later moved to the University of Chicago to work with Dr. Carl Rodgers on a patient-focused psychotherapy method.

Research
Cartwright founded a sleep research lab at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in 1962, using space that was once a men's bathroom. She then used equipment to study the bodily functions of those present while they dreamt. The research she conducted here focused on the effect of daytime stressors on dreams.