Margaret mead

“Years ago, anthropologist Margaret Mead was asked by a student what she considered to be the first sign of civilization in a culture. The student...

Mead argued that non-Western cultures offered alternative (often better) ways to be human. Why was she so vilified for it?

Margaret Mead, anthropologist: I will not accept any guilt for what anybody else did. I will accept guilt for what I did myself.

Margaret Mead in her tower office AMNH

Margaret Mead was born 16 December 1901, and died 15 November 1978 10 Quotes Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else. I learned to observe the world around me,...

Lily King’s novel “Euphoria,” inspired by the life of Margaret Mead, is about a love triangle in New Guinea.

“ We are continually faced with great opportunities which are brilliantly disguised as unsolvable problems.” —Margaret Mead 12x16” Acrylic on Canvas $850 (w/o frame 750)

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𝕊𝕚𝕣 𝔾𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕒𝕣𝕕 𝕀𝕍 🛡️ | “Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world. For, indeed, that’s all who ever have.” — Margaret Mead | Instagram

Peter Mandler explains how the anthropologist Margaret Mead, author of best-selling studies of ‘primitive’ peoples, became a major influence on US military thinking during the Second World War.