tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588214473313179520.post2606126614350488709..comments2024-03-27T08:31:17.699+00:00Comments on Kathryn's history blog: Undreamed Shores: The Hidden Heroines of British AnthropologyKathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04930754758046853151noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588214473313179520.post-86368055960199701342021-03-13T16:44:58.191+00:002021-03-13T16:44:58.191+00:00Well, I’ve not read the book, and I know it is con...Well, I’ve not read the book, and I know it is confined to five women, but there does seem to be an oversight. There is a single mention of Sligs Seligman, but according to Google Books not a mention of his wife, my scary great-aunt Brenda. According to Thw International Dictionary of Anthropologists, New York, 1991:<br />‘Though her husband was professor of anthropology at the University of London and she was his collaborator in both research and writing, Seligman never held an academic post. She was elected a fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute in 1923 and subsequently served as vice-president of the organization; in 1963 she was the first person to receive the Institute's Patron's Medal, in large part due to her unpublicized philanthropy. <br />In 1959 Seligman was elected president of the Association of Social Anthropologists, a clear indication of the respect in which she was held by the anthropologists of the United Kingdom‘.<br />He was an FRS, as was one of Brenda’s brothers, but I don’t think they admitted women thennehoChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14937068074934170255noreply@blogger.com