Parsons, Elsie Worthington Clews
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Description
Elsie Worthington Clews Parsons (November 27, 1875 – December 19, 1941) was an American anthropologist, sociologist, folklorist, and feminist who studied Native American tribes—such as the Tewa and Hopi—in Arizona, New Mexico, and Mexico. She helped found The New School. She was associate editor for The Journal of American Folklore (1918–1941), president of the American Folklore Society (1919–1920), president of the American Ethnological Society (1923–1925), and was elected the first female president of the American Anthropological Association (1941) right before her death. She earned her bachelor's degree from Barnard College in 1896. She received her master's degree (1897) and Ph.D. (1899) from Columbia University.
Books
Educational legislation and administration of the colonial governments
Tewa tales
"This collection of more than one hundred tales from both New Mexico and Arizona Tewa, first published in 1926, bears witness to the rich cultural history of this Puebloan people. In addition to emergence and animal stories, the tales also provide an account of many social customs such as wedding ceremonials and relay racing that show marked differences between the two tribal groups."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes on Zunĩ
2 volume set located in Southwest Collection.