Apr 29, 2020
Ruth Benedict
Ruth is famously known for her studies in cultural relativism. She was born in New York City on June 5th, 1887. Ruth attended college at Vassar College, an all girls school, in September of 1905. She studied English Literature, as well as her sister, Margery. Following college, she became a teacher at an all girls school in California but stopped teaching and left in 1914. Ruth went back to school in 1921 to earn her Ph.D. at Columbia University. After graduating, she became a professor at the university and taught anthropology. Simultaneously, she studied many things in the field and published many well-known works such as her book Patterns of Culture.