Cora Du Bois
Cora Alice Du Bois (October 26, 1903 – April 7, 1991) was an American cultural anthropologist and a key figure in culture and personality studies and in psychological anthropology more generally. She was Samuel Zemurray Jr. and Doris Zemurray Stone-Radcliffe Professor at Radcliffe College from 1954. After retirement from Radcliffe, she was Professor-at-large at Cornell University (1971–1976) and for one term at the University of California, San Diego (1976).
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Jeanne Taylor, Gérard Du Bois, and Cora Du Bois (1980) | |
| Born | Cora Alice Du Bois October 26, 1903 New Jersey, US |
| Died | April 7, 1991 (aged 87) |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Barnard College, Columbia University, University of California, Berkeley |
| Occupation | Anthropologist |
| Known for | Culture and personality studies and psychological anthropology |
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| Title | President, American Anthropological Association (1968–69) President, Association for Asian Studies (1969–70) |
| Partner | Jeanne Taylor |
| Awards | Exceptional Civilian Service Award Order of the Crown of Thailand |
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She was elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1955, president of the American Anthropological Association in 1968–1969, and of the Association for Asian Studies in 1969–1970, the first woman to be allowed that honor.
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