Patricia Schiller

Patricia Schiller (October 27, 1913 - June 29, 2018) was an American lawyer, clinical psychologist and sex educator. She was a professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, DC for 30 years.

Early life and education Patricia Schiller was born Pearl Silverman in Brooklyn as the fourth of four children to Russian-Jewish immigrants. She attended Brooklyn Law School and received her JD in 1934. In the early 1940s she worked as a legal-aid attorney for the National Labor Relations Board. . She collaborated with William Masters and Virginia Johnson on guidelines and ethical standards for sexual counselors.

Her son, Jonathan D. Schiller, is a lawyer and co-founder of prominent law firm Boies Schiller Flexner LLP.

Publications Schiller published three books, "Creative Approach to Sex Education and Counseling", 1973, which was translated into Spanish and Italian, "The Sex Profession: What Sex Therapy Can Do", 1981 and "Sex Questions Kids Ask: and How To Answer" in 2009.