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      • Benedict, Ruth American anthropologist Ruth Benedict, c. 1937. Benedict’s first book, Tales of the Cochiti Indians (1931), and her two-volume Zuñi Mythology (1935) were based on 11 years of fieldwork among and research into the religion and folklore of Native Americans, predominantly the Pueblo, Apache, Blackfoot, and Serrano peoples.
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  1. 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.

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  3. Ruth Benedict (born June 5, 1887, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died Sept. 17, 1948, New York City) was an American anthropologist whose theories had a profound influence on cultural anthropology, especially in the area of culture and personality.

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  4. Ruth Benedict. Ruth Fulton was born on June 5, 1887, in New York City. Her early childhood years were spent in the country. She did her undergraduate study at Vassar College, in Poughkeepsie, New York. In 1914, she married Stanley Bendict, who died in 1936. Even after entering anthropology in 1920, she continued to write poetry under the ...

  5. Oct 19, 2023 · She became one of the most influential anthropologists of the twentieth century. Scholars still reference her work, and educators continue to assign her books. Who Was Ruth Benedict? Benedict was born Ruth Fulton in 1887 in upstate New York. Her father was a surgeon, and Benedict believed he contracted an infectious disease from one of his ...

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  6. May 21, 2018 · The American cultural anthropologist Ruth Fulton Benedict (1887-1948) originated the configurational approach to culture. Her work has provided a bridge between the humanities and anthropology, as well as background for all later culture-personality studies.

  7. Jan 15, 2019 · Ruth Fulton Benedict, an American anthropologist (1887–1948), is best known for her contribution to the “culture and personality” school of American anthropology. Her 1934 book, Patterns of Culture, offers an analysis of cultures in terms of dominant character or, as she writes, a “configuration” based on selection from a wide arc of ...

  8. A prolific author, anthropologist, mentor, and the most influential female social scientist of her era. Four who had an impact. Learn about Columbia's first 250 years.

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