Hortense Powdermaker

Hortense Powdermaker
Powdermaker in 1950
Born	December 24, 1896[1] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died	June 16, 1970(1970-06-16) (aged 73) Berkeley, California
Scientific career
Fields	Anthropology, ethnography
Academic advisors	Bronisław Malinowski

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Hortense Powdermaker (December 24, 1896 – June 16, 1970) was an American anthropologist best known for her ethnographic studies of African Americans in rural America and of Hollywood.