TORONTO ANTHROPOLOGY MEETING

WHEN I WAS IN THE LATE 1970'S A GROUP OF US DROVE TO TORONTO TO ATTEND A PROFESSIONAL MEETING OF ANTHROPOLOGISTS. WE ENJOYED MAKING THIS TRIP AND SEEING A DIFFERENT CITY. WE ENJOYED MAKING THIS TRIP AND SEEING A DIFFERENT CITY. IT WAS CRAZY. WE WENT TO VARIOUS TALKS AND GAINED A LITTLE FROM EACH; IT DID COST SOME FOR FOOD AND MEALS, BUT WE BROUGHT FOOD INTO THE ROOM. I THINK WE WERE THERE FOR THREE DAYS.

I REMEMBER MEETING MARGARET MEAD. SHE WAS IN HER 70'S AND WALKED WITH A CANE. WE ALL SHOOK HER HAND AND THAT INSPIRED US TO BE ANTHROPOLOGISTS. WE KNEW SHE WAS QUITE FAMOUS. I DON'T THINK I ATTENDED HER TALK THOUGH..

MARGARET MEAD WAS BORN INTO IN 1901 IN PHILADELPHIA AND GOT HER PHD IN ANTHROPOLOGY FROM COLUMBIA. SHE DID HER FIELDWORK IN POLYNESIA. SHE MARRIED THREE TIMES. HER THIRD HUSBAND LEFT HER AND SHE WAS DEVASTATED FROM IT. HER THIRD HUSBAND LEFT HER AND SHE WAS DEVASTATED BY IT. SHE WORKED FOR 20 YEARS AS THE CURATOR OF ETHNOLOGY IN THE CHICAGO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. HER DAUGHTER WROTE A BOOK THAT SAID SHE WAS BISEXUAL WITH THE TWO WOMEN WHO SHE LIVED WITH TOWARD THE END OF HER LIFE. HER BOOK "SEX AND TEMPERAMENT IN THREE PRIMITIVE SOCIETIES" WAS THE CORNERSTONE OF THE FEMINIST MOVEMENT.

MARGARETMEAD.COM