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Ruth Fulton Benedict (June 5, 1887 – September 17, 1948) was an American anthropologist and folklorist.. She was born in New York City, attended Vassar College, and graduated in 1909.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 11 January 2025. American cultural anthropologist (1901–1978) "Margaret Bateson" redirects here. For the British journalist and activist, see Margaret Heitland. Not to be confused with the British anthropologist Margaret Read. Margaret Mead Mead in 1948 Born (1901-12-16) December 16, 1901 Philadelphia ...
American ethnographer and a Professor of Gender and Women's Studies at Bowdoin College 1970-04-26 Kristina Killgrove: American anthropologist, bioarchaeologist, writer 1977-03-10 L. Taylor Hansen: American writer 1897-11-30 1976-05 Lady Hester Stanhope: British archaeologist 1776 1839 Laura Bohannan: Cultural anthropologist 1922 2002-03-19 ...
Eleanor Burke Leacock (July 2, 1922 – April 2, 1987) was an American anthropologist and social theorist who made major contributions to the study of egalitarian societies, the evolution of the status of women in society, Marxism, and the feminist movement.
Dame Mary Douglas, DBE FBA (25 March 1921 – 16 May 2007) was a British anthropologist, known for her writings on human culture, symbolism and risk, whose area of speciality was social anthropology. Douglas was considered a follower of Émile Durkheim and a proponent of structuralist analysis, with a strong interest in comparative religion .
Cora Alice Du Bois (October 26, 1903 – April 7, 1991) [1] was an American cultural anthropologist and a key figure in culture and personality studies and in psychological anthropology more generally.
Elsie Worthington Clews was the daughter of Henry Clews, a wealthy New York banker, and Lucy Madison Worthington.Her brother, Henry Clews Jr., was an artist.On September 1, 1900, in Newport, Rhode Island, [9] she married future three-term progressive Republican congressman Herbert Parsons, an associate and political ally of President Teddy Roosevelt. [10]
Michelle "Shelly" Zimbalist Rosaldo (1944 in New York City – 1981 in Philippines [1]) was a social, linguistic, and psychological anthropologist famous for her studies of the Ilongot people in the Philippines and for her pioneering role in women's studies and the anthropology of gender.