Hortense Powdermaker
Sign in to saveAmerican anthropologist, professor and researcher (1900–1970)
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- Born
- 1903
- Died
- 1970
- Works
- 13
Top works
- Mortuary rites in New Ireland, Bismark Archipelago
- Vital statistics of New Ireland (Bismarck Archipelago) as revealed in genealogies
- Feasts in New Ireland
- Probing our prejudices, a unit for high school students
- Probing our prejudices
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Key dates
- Born
- 24 December 1900
- Died
- 15 June 1970
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Hortense
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia
- Place of death
- Berkeley
- Occupation
- anthropologist
- Educated at
- Goucher College
- Languages spoken
- English language
Connections
Categories
1900 births1970 deaths20th-century American anthropologists20th-century American Jews20th-century American scientists20th-century American women scientistsAlumni of the London School of EconomicsAmerican women anthropologistsGoucher College alumniJewish anthropologistsQueens College, City University of New York faculty