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“It is of very doubtful value to enlist the gifts of a woman into fields that have been defined as male; it frightens the men, unsexes the women, and muffles and distorts the contribution women could make.”

Quote by Margaret Mead

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Margaret Mead was an American cultural anthropologist known for her groundbreaking fieldwork and theoretical contributions. She is renowned for her studies of the Samoan, Arapesh, and Australian Aboriginal peoples, which had a profound impact on the fields of anthropology and sociology. more

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Source: To Cherish the Life of the World: Selected Letters of Margaret Mead

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