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Margaret Mead was a great
scientist, explorer, writer, and teacher, who educated the
human race in many different ways. In the next few
paragraphs I will discuss the different ways Margaret
Mead, Anthropologist, effected our society. Margaret
Mead was born in Philadelphia on December 16, 1901,
and was educated at Barnard College and at Columbia
University. In 1926 she became assistant curator of
ethnology at the American Museum of Natural History in
New York City, and she served as associate curator and
as curator. She was director of research in contemporary
cultures at Columbia University from 1948 to 1950 and
professor of anthropology there after 1954. Participating in
several field expeditions, Mead conducted notable research
in New Guinea, Samoa, and Bali. Much of her work was
devoted to a study of patterns of child rearing in various
cultures. She also analyzed many problems in
contemporary American society, particularly those affecting
young people. Her......

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