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Margaret Mead (December 16, 1901 – November 15, 1978) was an American cultural anthropologist who featured frequently as an author and speaker in the mass media during the 1960s and the 1970s. [1] She earned her bachelor's degree at Barnard College of Columbia University and her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Columbia.
Mar 26, 2024 · Margaret Mead was an American anthropologist best known for her studies of the peoples of Oceania. She also commented on a wide array of societal issues, such as women’s rights, nuclear proliferation, race relations, environmental pollution, and world hunger.
Apr 2, 2014 · Famous Scholars & Educators. Womens Rights Activists. Margaret Mead was a cultural anthropologist and writer best known for her studies and publications on the subject. Updated: Mar 29, 2021....
May 5, 2010 · Cultural anthropologist and writer Margaret Meade (1901-1978) was born in Philadelphia and graduated from Barnard College in 1923. Appointed assistant curator of ethnology at the American...
As an anthropologist, the adult Margaret Mead sought to apply the principles of anthropology and the social sciences to social problems and issues, such as world hunger, childhood education, and mental health. She was constantly observing and gathering information in all kinds of settings.
May 4, 2023 · Margaret Mead was a pioneering anthropologist whose work had a profound impact on the field and beyond. Her research in Samoa challenged traditional assumptions about gender roles and helped to shape our understanding of the complex relationship between culture and individual personality.
In 1925, Margaret Mead journeyed to the South Pacific territory of American Samoa. She sought to discover whether adolescence was a universally traumatic and stressful time due to biological factors or whether the experience of adolescence depended on one's cultural upbringing.
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