US anthropologist.
"She was an expert on American Indian tribes; wrote classic "Patterns of Culture," 1934; "Race, Science and Politics," 1940."
Culture is not a biologically transmitted complex.
I have always used the world of make-believe with a certain desperation.
I long to speak out the intense inspiration that comes to me from the lives of strong women.
" . . . work even when I'm satisfied with it is never my child I love nor my servant I've brought to heel. It's always busy work I do with my left hand, and part of me watches grudging the wastes of a lifetime."
"I gambled on having the strength to live two lives, one for myself and one for the world."