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A Short Biography of Margaret Mead

Author Name:

Margaret Mead

Born As:

Margaret Mead

Other Names:

Born:

16 Dec 1901

Died:

15 Nov 1978




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Cultural Anthropologist                          
Selected Works:

Coming of Age in Samoa - 1928
Growing Up in New Guinea - 1930
The Changing Culture of an Indian Tribe - 1932
Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies - 1935
And Keep Your Powder Dry: An Anthropologist Looks at America - 1942
Male and Female - 1949
New Lives for Old: Cultural Transformation in Manus, 1928-1953 - 1956
People and Places - 1959; a book for young readers
Continuities in Cultural Evolution - 1964
Culture and Commitment - 1970
Blackberry Winter - 1972; a biographical account of her early years.

As Editor or Co-author:

Cultural Patterns and Technical Change, ed. 1953
Primitive Heritage: An Anthropological Anthology, ed. with Nicholas Calas - 1953
An Anthropologist at Work, ed. - 1959, repr. 1966; a volume of Ruth Benedict's writings
The Study of Culture At A Distance - Edited with Rhoda Metraux, 1953
Themes in French Culture - Co-authored with Rhoda Metraux, 1954
A Rap on Race, Co-authored with James Baldwin, 1971
A Way of Seeing - Co-authored with Rhoda Metraux, 1975.                          
Mother Emily Fogg
Father Edward Sherwood Mead, Margaret being the first of five children.

First husband - Luther Cressman
Second husband - Reo Fortune
Third husband - Gregory Bateson, one daughter Mary Catherine Bateson                          
Co-founder and supporter of  "The Parapsychological Association”.