ABOUT RUTH BENEDICT
American anthropologist who was one of the first woman to be considered a prominent leader of a learned profession.
She attended Vassar College before working as a graduate student with Franz Boas at Columbia University.
In her 1934 book, Patterns of Culture, she posited that there always existed a relationship between personality, art, language and culture.
Many people believe that she and Margaret Mead were lovers.
Franz Boas , who is considered the father of modern anthropology, was her teacher and mentor.
