Maila Stivens

Maila Stivens is an anthropologist who has written extensively on gender, ‘family’, human rights, and latterly childhood in both Australia and Asia.

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Katherine Dunham

Katherine Dunham (1909–2006) studied the African-based dances and rituals of the Caribbean area and based many choreographic works on that research.

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Maud Cuney Hare

Concert pianist, composer, teacher, lecturer, and author; director and founder of the Allied Arts Center and author of Negro Musicians and Their Music, a comprehensive survey of African-American music, as well as an arts critic and specialist in Creole music.

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Harriet Boyd Hawes

Archeologist Harriet Boyd Hawes became the first woman to lead an archaeological expedition when she discovered the ancient town of Gournia on Crete. In later years she also served as a volunteer nurse during the Greco-Turkish War and World War I.

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Dr Marie Reay

Australian anthropologist best known for her research in the highlands of Papua New Guinea, most notably among the Kuma.

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