Parsons, Elsie Worthington Clews, 1874-1941

Hopi journal of Alexander M. Stephen
Book 1969

Summary: Elsie Worthington Clews Parsons was an American anthropologist, sociologist, folklorist, and feminist who studied Native American tribes—such as the Tewa and Hopi—in Arizona, New Mexico, and Mexico. She helped found The New School. She was associate editor for The Journal of American Folklore (1918–1941), president of the American Folklore Society (1919–1920), president of the American Ethnological Society (1923–1925), and was elected the first female president of the American Anthropological Association (1941) right before her death. Wikipedia
Gender or Sex: Unknown [1]; Female [2][3][4][5]
Born: 1874-11-27 [2]; 1875-11-27 [5]
Birth Place: New York City [5]
Died: 1941-12-19 [2][5]
Death Place: New York City [5]
Country: United States [2]
Language: English [3][4]
Occupation: Socioloģe [4]; Antgropoloģe [4]; Pasniedzēja [4]; anthropologist [5]; historian [5]; sociologist [5]; university teacher [5]; journalist [5]; ethnologist [5]; folklorist [5]; writer [5]; activist [5]
Profession: Ethnologin [2]
Employer: Barnard College [5]
Field of Activity: Socioloģija [4]; Antropoloģija [4]; Folkora [4]
Educated at: Barnard College [5]; Columbia University [5]
Country of Education: United States [5]
Encyclopædia Britannica: Biography [5]
Yale LUX: Entity [5]
American National Biography: Biography (requires subscription) [5]

Sources: 1. VIAF; 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany); 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France; 4. National Library of Latvia; 5. Wikidata

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