Margaret Mead was an influential American cultural anthropologist whose fieldwork in Samoa and New Guinea popularized anthropology in modern Western society and revolutionized public understanding of gender roles, adolescence, and cultural diversity.
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Pioneering American Cultural Anthropologist, Author & Public Intellectual
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Honor the extraordinary legacy of Margaret Mead on November 15 with these curated quotes, philosophical reflections, and heartfelt tributes celebrating their monumental impact on Pioneering American Cultural Anthropologist, Author & Public Intellectual.
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.”
“Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.”
“Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.”
“Human nature is potentially aggressive and potentially cooperative; culture decides which potential is awakened.”
“As the traveler who has once been from home is wiser than he who has never left his own doorstep, so a knowledge of one other culture should sharpen our ability to scrutinize more steadily our own.”
“The first sign of civilization in an ancient culture is a femur that has been broken and then healed.”
“Instead of being presented with stereotypes by all, which takes very little imagination, women should be offered opportunities.”
“Every time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man.”
“I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of accurate information in the world.”
“We are continually faced with great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.”
Pioneering American Cultural Anthropologist, Author & Public Intellectual
