Parsons, Elsie Worthington Clews, 1874-1941
nt09Hopi journal of Alexander M. Stephen
Hopi journal of Alexander M. StephenBook 1969
nt13Hopi journal of Alexander M. Stephen
Hopi journal of Alexander M. Stephenbook chapter 1936
nt18The social organization of the Tewa of New Mexico
The social organization of the Tewa of New MexicoBook 1929
nt23Mothers and children at Zuñi, New Mexico
Mothers and children at Zuñi, New Mexicoarticle 1919
nt23Zuñi conception and pregnancy beliefs
Zuñi conception and pregnancy beliefsessay 1917
- 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
- Encyclopædia Britannica
- Biography [5]
- Gender or Sex
- Unknown [1]
- Female [2][3][4][5]
- Born
- 1874-11-27 [2]
- Birth Place
- New York City [5]
- Died
- 1941-12-19 [2]
- 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]
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France
- 4. National Library of Latvia
- 5. Wikidata
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