Biography of Hortense Powdermaker

Hortense Powdermaker (* 24. December 1900 in Philadelphia; † 15. June 1970 in Berkeley) was an uS-amerikanische Anthropologin und Ethnographin. She was 69 years old. Her education included London School of Economics and Political Science and Goucher College. She worked at Queens College, Yale University, Hunter College and Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. She was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship.