Quote of the day
Bring me men to match my mountains,
Bring me men to match my plains,
Men with empires in their purpose,
And new eras in their brains.
Ruth Underhill
Born: August 22, 1883
Died: August 15, 1984 (aged 100)
Bio: Ruth Murray Underhill was an American anthropologist. She was born in Ossining-on-the-Hudson, New York, and attended Vassar College, graduating in 1905 with a degree in Language and Literature.
Known for:
- Papago woman (1979)
- Red Man's America (1953)
- The Autobiography of a Papago Woman (1936)
- Pueblo crafts (1944)
- An Anthropologist's Arrival: A Memoir