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Professor of Anthropology, Columbia University.  Met and loved Margaret Mead.  Wrote about cultural relativity and abnormality, and argued that homosexuality was not a disease.
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Professor of Anthropology, Columbia University.  Met and loved fellow anthropoligist [[Margaret Mead]].  Wrote about cultural relativity and abnormality, and argued that homosexuality was not a disease. Performed field research with American southwestern tribes, with the Serrono of California and the Blackfoot of Canada. Author of the books 'Zuni Mythology', 'Race: Science and Politics' (1940), and 'Patterns of Culture' (1934).
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* https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ruth-Benedict
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* https://anthropology.columbia.edu/ruth-fulton
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* http://anthropology.iresearchnet.com/ruth-benedict/
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Ruth Benedict

Country

United States

Birth - Death

1897 - 1948

Occupation

Academic

Description

Professor of Anthropology, Columbia University. Met and loved fellow anthropoligist Margaret Mead. Wrote about cultural relativity and abnormality, and argued that homosexuality was not a disease. Performed field research with American southwestern tribes, with the Serrono of California and the Blackfoot of Canada. Author of the books 'Zuni Mythology', 'Race: Science and Politics' (1940), and 'Patterns of Culture' (1934).

Further Reading/Research


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