| Description |
1 online resource (259 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Voices of women anthropologists : autobiography, social history, and anthropology / Maria G. Cattell -- Gender roles in sociocultural and historical context / Marjorie M. Schweitzer -- Possessed by anthropology. Possessed by anthropology / Judy Rosenthal -- Changing roles, challenging stereotypes : women's roles in twentieth-century America. From academe to county politics : anthropologist as activist / Eunice Felter Boyer ; An anthropological odyssey : a midlife beginning / Marilyn Preheim Rose ; Born an anthropologist : from a housewife with hobbies to an anthropologist with a passion / Cath Oberholtzer ; Changing roles, challenging irrelevance : my story as a reentry woman / Dorothy M. Castille -- The web of lives : family involvements, career interactions. On becoming an anthropologist / Louanna M. Lackey ; Family involvements : earning a PhD while raising children / Molly G. Schuchat ; Career constraints and enhancements : marriage, family, and age / Ellen C. Rhoads Holmes ; The "A-G-E" effects on my midlife career in anthropology / Esther Skirboll -- Being the other : encounters with difference. A late bloomer's struggles with discrimination / Ruby Rohrlich ; My life hangs by this question : what is a human being? / Elizabeth (Teddy) Dressel Hoobler ; Not my color, not my kind : lessons in race, class, age, and gender in the academy / M. Jean Harris ; Understanding my life : the dialectics of marketing and anthropology / Barbara Olsen -- Being an anthropologist, living anthropological lives. From prehistory to culture history : my anthropological journey / Marjorie M. Schweitzer ; In pursuit of the word : my anthropological life / Maria Gleaton Cattell ; A lens, a book, and a compass : my anthropological life tour / Jacqueline Walden -- Legacies for future generations. A time for excellence, a legacy for the future / Jane Stevenson Day ; Lessons for today / Marjorie M. Schweitzer |
| Summary |
The women anthropologists in this book speak frankly about their challenges and successes as they navigated the tensions in their personal and professional lives-- marriage, raising children, caring for families, publishing, conducting research, going into the field, teaching, and mentoring-- during the volatile period when the roles and expectations for women were being constantly reestablished and repositioned |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Women anthropologists -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Social Scientists & Psychologists.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Regional Studies.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
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Women anthropologists
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Anthropologin
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Berufswahl
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Karriere
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cattell, Maria G
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Schweitzer, Marjorie M
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| LC no. |
2006013216 |
| ISBN |
9781598747508 |
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1598747509 |
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1598740822 |
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9781598740820 |
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1598740830 |
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9781598740837 |
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1315415690 |
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9781315415697 |
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1315415682 |
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9781315415680 |
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9781315415673 |
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1315415674 |
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