She got her Ph. D. for The Concept of the Guardian Spirit in North America, and formulated a humanistic theory of culture as the sum of religious and intellectual influences.
Before coming under the influence of Elsie Clews Parsons and Alexander Goldenweiser, she had taught in CA girls' schools upon graduating from Vassar. She got her Ph. D. for The Concept of the Guardian Spirit in North America, and formulated a humanistic theory of culture as the sum of religious and intellectual influences. She refuted racist theories with Race: Science and Politics, and edited the Journal of American Folklore. FTP name this student of Franz Boaz at Columbia who wrote Zuni Mythology, The Chrysanthemum and the Sword, and Patterns of Culture.
Before coming under the influence of Elsie Clews Parsons and Alexander Goldenweiser, she had taught in CA girls' schools upon graduating from Vassar.
Ruth {Benedict}