Ruth Murray Underhill (1883-1984)

Creator: Davis, Fremont 1915-1977

Subject: Underhill, Ruth 1883-1984
       United States Bureau of Indian Affairs

Type: Black-and-white photographs

Date: 1941
    6/16/1941

Topic: Anthropology
     Navajo Indians
     Women scientists

Local number: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2010-0248]

Summary: Ruth Murray Underhill (1883-1984) was among the first female anthropologists hired by the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs during the mid-1930s and was greatly involved with Navaho education projects

Cite as: Acc. 90-105 - Science Service, Records, 1920s-1970s, Smithsonian Institution Archives

Persistent URL:Link to data base record

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives

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