A Woman's Quest for Science

A Woman's Quest for Science Portrait of Anthropologist Elsie Clews Parsons

Hardback (01 Jun 1985)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Before Margaret Mead, even before Ruth Benedict, it was Elsie Clews Parsons who paved the way as the first woman president of the American Anthropological Association. Born into a prominent New York family in 1874, Parsons showed early determination to be free of social constraints.

Book information

ISBN: 9780879752743
Publisher: Prometheus
Imprint: Prometheus Books
Pub date:
DEWEY: 306.0924
DEWEY edition: 19
Language: English
Number of pages: 192
Weight: 476g
Height: 230mm
Width: 155mm
Spine width: 21mm