
Blackberry Winter: My Earlier Years
Margaret Mead
The autobiography of a pioneer, this is Margaret Mead's story of her life as a woman and as an anthropologist. An enduring cultural icon, she came to represent the new woman, successfully combining motherhood with career, and scholarship with concern for its role in the lives of ordinary people.
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- 1972
- ISBN-13
- 9780068800514
- Genre
- Biography & Memoir
- Topics
- AnthropologyWomen's careersPersonal life history
Awards
- National Book Award for NonfictionShortlistedMajor(1973)
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