Eleanor Leacock
Eleanor Leacock | |
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| Born | July 2, 1922 Weehawken, US |
| Died | April 2, 1987 (aged 64) Honolulu, US |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
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| Awards | 1983 New York Academy Sciences Award for the Behavioral Sciences |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Anthropology |
| Thesis | The Montagnais "Hunting Territory" and the Fur Trade (1954) |
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Eleanor Burke Leacock (July 2, 1922 – April 2, 1987) was an American anthropologist and social theorist who made major contributions to the study of egalitarian societies, the evolution of the status of women in society, Marxism, and the feminist movement.