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Margaret Mead (ed.), An Anthropologist at Work: Writings of Ruth Benedict (1959, reissued 1977), collects Benedict’s shorter writings and includes a biographical essay. Benedict’s life and work are examined in Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict (1974); Judith Schachter Modell, Ruth Benedict: Patterns of a Life (1983); and Margaret M. Caffrey, Ruth Benedict: Stranger in This Land (1989).
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Anniversary information added. | Jun 01, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Sep 13, 2025 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 17, 2024 | ||
| Modified link of Web site: National Women's Hall of Fame - Biography of Ruth Fulton Benedict. | Jul 09, 2019 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 23, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Vassar College - The Catherine Pelton Durrell �25 Archives and Special Collections Library - Guide to the Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers. | Jan 18, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Vassar Encyclopedia - Biography of Ruth Fulton Benedict. | Dec 12, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Columbia University - Department of Anthropology - Biography of Ruth Benedict. | Oct 25, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Women's Hall of Fame - Biography of Ruth Fulton Benedict. | Dec 13, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Florida - Department of Anthropology - Biography of Ruth Fulton Benedict. | Dec 13, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Columbia University - Department of Anthropology - Biography of Ruth Benedict. | Dec 13, 2012 | ||
| Article revised. | Dec 01, 1999 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Sep 08, 1999 |
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