Powdermaker, Hortense, 1903-1970
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- Summary
- Hortense Powdermaker was an American anthropologist best known for her ethnographic studies of African Americans in rural America and of Hollywood. Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Female [1][3][4][5]
- Unknown [2]
- Born
- 1903 [2]
- 1900-12-24 [4]
- Birth Place
- Philadelphie, Pa. [3]
- Philadelphia [4]
- Died
- 1970 [2]
- 1970-06-15 [4]
- Death Place
- Berkeley, Calif. [3]
- Berkeley [4]
- Country
- Germany [2]
- United States [2]
- Language
- English [3]
- Occupation
- anthropologist [4][4]
- Employer
- Queens College [4]
- Yale University [4]
- Hunter College [4]
- Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America [4]
- Educated at
- Goucher College [4]
- London School of Economics and Political Science [4]
- Country of Education
- United States [4]
- United Kingdom [4]
- Archives at
- City University of New York [4]
- Encyclopædia Britannica
- Biography [4]
- Yale LUX
- Entity [4]
- American National Biography
- Biography (requires subscription) [4]
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France
- 4. Wikidata
- 5. Library of Congress
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