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__ Margaret Mead __ The Great Anthropologist

​ ​__Place of Birth__ Margaret Mead was born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. A map of Philadelphia Pennsylvania

__What Margaret Mead looks like__ Margaret Mead

__Date of Birth__ Margaret Mead was born on December 16th 1901 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania to Edward Sherwood Mead, and Emily Fogg Mead in the Philadelphia's West Park Hospital.

__Occupation__ Margaret Mead was an Anthropologist.

__What she is Known For__ Margaret Mead is known for being an Anthropologist. An Anthropologist is a scientist who studies Human Beings. Margaret Mead was one of the Foremost Anthropologist of the 20th Century. She discovered that in many different countries, the cultures were very different and the people were having difficulty living. She changed that by helping out those countries, and making there country better for living, such as changing the way people interacted with eachother. She learned all about how people in different cultures lived, and the similarities and differences between them. Margaret changed many lives!

__What is an Anthropologist?__ An Anthropologist is a person who studies Human Beings. They describe Humans and their culture, from Prehistoric times to today. They try to find out what the first human societies were like. Anthropologists study how language and cultures developed. They often compare different human communities to each other, and try to find the similarities and differences between them. There are two main divisions of Anthropology. There is the Cultural division that studies things that are made by humans and the language of humans. The other division is Physical. In the Physical division the Anthropologists study the features of modern human including their shape, size, and anatomy. Anthropologists hope to increase the understanding of Humanity. Margaret Mead was accomplished in this area.

__Career__ Margaret Mead recieved her Masters Degree in Psychology from Barnard College in 1924 and earned her Doctorate at Columbia University under Anthropologist Franz Boaz. Margaret became an Assistant Curator of Ethnology at the American Museum of Nature History in New York in 1926 and remained with the Museum until 1969. From 1954 until retirement she taught Anthropolgy at Columbia University.

__Marriage__ Margaret Mead had three husbands throughout her life. Her first Marriage was to Luther Cressman in 1923. Margaret Later relized that Luther and herself had nothing in common. They got divorced in 1928. Her second marriage was to Leo Fortune in 1928. They divorced in 1935. Her third and last marriage was to Gregory Bateson in 1936. Margaret had one child, named Mary Catherine, with Gregory her third husband in 1939. Margaret divorced Gregory in 1950, again finding nothing in common. For the rest of her life Margaret was not married.

__Death__ Margaret Mead died on November 15th 1978 in New York City.

__Fun Facts__ ~ Margaret Mead had three younger siblings (Richard, Elizabeth, and Priscilla) ~ Margaret Mead wrote Twenty-Three books! ~ Margaret Mead's dad was an Economist, and her mom was a student in Sociology. ~ Margaret Mead was the first child born at Philadelphia's West Park Hospital. ~ Margaret Mead Conducted Twenty-Four major Expeditions!

__Accomplishments__
 * Year || Accomplishment ||
 * 1901 || Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ||
 * 1924 || Recieved her Masters Degree ||
 * 1939 || Gave Birth to her only child, Mary Catherine ||
 * 1978 || Died in New York City, New York ||
 * 1979 || Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom ||

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anthropology ." Britannica Elementary Encyclopedia . 2009. Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition. 14 Sept. 2009 <[]>. Google Earth. "Philadelphia, PA" Google. 2009. Web. September 22nd, 2009. Mead, Margaret ." Compton's by Britannica. 2009. Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition. 8 Sept. 2009 <[]>. Mead, Margaret ." Online Photograph. Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition. 8 Sept. 2009 <[]>. Ziesk, Edra . Margaret Mead . New York. Chelsea House of Publishers. 1990

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