Takamure Itsue
Japanese poet, activist-writer, feminist, anarchist, ethnologist, and historian
Japanese poet, activist-writer, feminist, anarchist, ethnologist, and historian
Self-taught researcher, writer, sociologist, journalist, social activist.
British philosopher, writer, trade union activist, and feminist.
Polish archeologist and ethnographer, writer and social activist
Myrna Mack Chang was a respected Guatemalan anthropologist who was stabbed to death in 1990 by members of the Guatemalan military due to her criticism of the government’s treatment of the indigenous Maya and human rights abuses.
It was art that led her to her second passion, anthropology and the welfare of Aboriginal people.
Lucy Philip Mair was a well-known anthropologist; she is far less known for her significant contributions to the history of the discipline of International Relations.
Her interest in history led to the collection of taped reminiscences from Māori and early European settlers. From this material she made several radio series on the early pioneers of Taranaki, the Māori traditions and legends of the mountains Egmont (Taranaki), Ngauruhoe, Tongariro and Ruapehu, and on the national parks of New Zealand.
A staunch opponent of injustice, Eslanda found her intellectual community and political point of view in New York, where she was located in history on the eve of the Harlem Renaissance and the end of the Bolshevik revolution.
Dr. Emilie Snethlage dedicated all of her life to the study of Brazilian birds and to ethnological researches in the same country.