Today we tell about one of the most influential social scientists of the last century the cultural anthropologist Margaret Mead.

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After her trips, Margaret Mead always returned to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.

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He wrote that Miz Mead made her observations from just a few talks with two friendly young women.

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One friend said: "Margaret Mead was not going to let a little thing like death stop her."

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Miz Mead began her studies of cultures in an unusual way for a woman of her time.

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Miz Mead wrote that many so-called male and female characteristics are not based on sex differences.

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Not long after their New Guinea trip ended, Margaret Mead's marriage to Reo Fortune also ended.

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Mister Bateson and Miz Mead decided to work together on the island of Bali in Indonesia.

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However,Margaret Mead began her studies in nineteen nineteen at De Pauw University in Greencastle,Indiana.

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Other scientists paid Margaret Mead a high honor when she was seventy-four years old.

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Margaret Mead said she reached these beliefs after nine months of observation in Samoa.

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There was Shield Sheafson,scourge of many tribes, a wrecker of mead-benches,rampaging among foes.

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Visitors to Hoover Dam drive on a small road that passes Lake Mead.

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Hoover Dam also created Lake Mead, the largest man-made lake in America.

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Miz Mead studied with two famous anthropologists: Franz Boas and Ruth Benedict.

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Margaret Mead asked to do research in Samoa in the Pacific Ocean.

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Margaret Mead was also concerned about issues like the environment.

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Margaret Mead spoke about the dangers of science and technology.

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As time went on, Margaret Mead's fame continued to grow.

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Margaret Mead shared her strong opinions about social issues.

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Miz Mead studied the lives of Samoan girls.

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Margaret Mead did all those things.

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Miz Mead observed and recorded their activities.

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Margaret Mead would have liked that.

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