This person's Ph.D. dissertation, about the importance of individual religious experiences, is called The Concept of the Guardian Spirit in North America.  
This person's Ph.D. dissertation, about the importance of individual religious experiences, is called The Concept of the Guardian Spirit in North America.  Two of this figure's other books, written after 11 years of research into the beliefs of the Apache, Serrano, Blackfoot, and Pueblo, were called Tales of the Cochiti Indians and [*] Zuñi Mythology.  Another book of hers argued that each society decided upon a certain few personality traits to emphasize, Patterns of Culture.  For 10 points, name this anthropologist, author of The Chrysanthemum and the Sword, student of Franz Boas, and friend of Margaret Mead.
This person's Ph.D. dissertation, about the importance of individual religious experiences, is called The Concept of the Guardian Spirit in North America.  
Ruth {Benedict} [accept {Ruth Fulton}]