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Ruth Benedict
b. 1887, New York; d. 1948, New YorkRuth Benedict's life and work shaped the discipline of anthropology in the United States and throughout the world. She studied at Columbia University under Franz Boas, whose egalitarian and antiracist... Read more
Margaret Mead
b. 1901, Philadelphia; d. 1978, New YorkMargaret Mead, cultural anthropologist, author, and public figure, worked extensively in the South Seas after studying with Franz Boas and Ruth Benedict as a student at Barnard in New... Read more
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