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A Woman's Quest for Science - Portrait of Anthropologist Elsie Clews Parsons (Hardcover)
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A Woman's Quest for Science - Portrait of Anthropologist Elsie Clews Parsons (Hardcover)
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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. Everything she did until her death in 1941
stemmed from her concern for the ways in which expression of
personality is affected by social conventions. Her proposal of
"trial marriage" in 1906 and even her pacifism in World War I (in
association with Randolph Bourne) derived from that
concern.Parson's personality was fascinating in its tensions and
complexity. She was a feminist who admitted to prejudice against
her own sex and seldom enjoyed the companionship of other women.
She was devoted to her politically prominent husband from whom she
never concealed her relationships with other men. However, her
husband's companionship with another woman tormented her. Her
publications ranged from iconoclastic propaganda to technical
science. She loved rugged adventure in the wild, yet thrived on
scholarly work. Though her convictions were passionately held, her
voice was never raised.
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