Runa (Dec 2015)

Before Franz Boas: Pioneering Women in American Anthropology

  • Monica Tarducci

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 36, no. 2
pp. 57 – 73

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One consequence of the impact of the feminist movement in anthropological theory and practice was the recovery of the life and work of women who, despite occupying a peripheral site, made significant contributions to the field. In this paper I focus on the trajectories of these pioneers who, in a time of fast socioeconomic changes (last decades or xix Century and the early xx Century) and despite they were self taught, were fundamental to the professionalization of anthropology.

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