Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1850-1915
Contributed to
nt23The Zuni Indians
The Zuni Indiansessay 1904
nt23Ethnobotany of the Zuñi Indians
Ethnobotany of the Zuñi Indiansessay 1909
nt38Childbirth ceremonies of the Sia Pueblo
Childbirth ceremonies of the Sia Puebloessay 1953
- Summary
- Matilda Coxe Stevenson, who also wrote under the name Tilly E. Stevenson, was an American anthropologist. She was the first woman ever employed as an anthropologist in the U.S. She was also the first female anthropologist to study the Native Americans of New Mexico. She pioneered the use of photography in ethnology. Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Female [1][2][3][4][5]
- Born
- 1850 [2]
- 1849-05-12 [5]
- Birth Place
- San Augustine, Tex. [3]
- San Augustine [5]
- Died
- 1915 [2]
- 1915-06-24 [5]
- Death Place
- Oxon Hill, Md. [3]
- Oxon Hill [5]
- Country
- United States [2]
- Language
- English [3]
- Occupation
- explorer [5]
- anthropologist [5]
- writer [5]
- ethnologist [5]
- botanical collector [5]
- scientific collector [5]
- Profession
- Ethnologin [2]
- Employer
- Bureau of American Ethnology [5]
- Archives at
- National Museum of Natural History [5]
- University of New Mexico [5]
- Encyclopædia Britannica
- Biography [5]
- Yale LUX
- Entity [5]
- British Museum person-institution thesaurus
- Entry [5]
- American National Biography
- Biography (requires subscription) [5]
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France
- 4. Library of Congress
- 5. Wikidata
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