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Margaret Mead

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Scientist

The Resume

    (December 16, 1901-November 15, 1978)
    Wrote ‘Coming of Age in Samoa (1928),' ‘Growing Up in New Guinea (1930),' ‘Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies (1935),' ‘Male and Female (1949),' ‘Continuities in Cultural Evolution (1964)' and ‘Blackberry Winter (1972)'

Why she might be annoying:

    All three of her marriages failed.
    When in college she was part of a clique known as the ‘Ash Can Cats.'
    Her books were seen by some as championing casual sex.
    The governor of Florida called her a ‘dirty old lady.'
    Despite her professional accomplishments she disliked the term ‘feminist.'
    Her research methods came under fire and her major findings questioned in the 1980's.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She made anthropology a popular major for undergraduates.
    Her father told her, ‘It's a pity you aren't a boy; you'd have gone far.'
    She challenged the idea that gender differences are completely innate.
    She said, ‘Every time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man.'
    She supported the youth movement of the 1960's.
    When she died, Jimmy Carter said she ‘brought the humane insights of cultural anthropology to a public of millions.'

Credit: Georgina


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 15 Votes: 86.67% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 22 Votes: 59.09% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 40 Votes: 87.50% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 14 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 23 Votes: 52.17% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 65 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 28 Votes: 35.71% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 78 Votes: 55.13% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 143 Votes: 41.96% Annoying