Background
Powdermaker, Hortense was born on December 24, 1900 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Louis and Minnie (Jacoby) Powdermaker.
Powdermaker, Hortense was born on December 24, 1900 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Louis and Minnie (Jacoby) Powdermaker.
Bachelor of Arts, Goucher College, 1920, Doctor of Science (honorary), 1957. Doctor of Philosophy, University England, 1928.
Research associate Institute Human Relations, Yale, 1934-1937. Faculty Queens College, 1938-1968, professor anthropology, 1954-1968, professor emeritus, 1968-1970. Organized department anthropology and sociology, 1938, research associate anthropology University of California at Berkeley, 1968-1971.
Visiting professor or lecturer Columbia, University of California at Los Angeles, University of Minnesota, ASTP program at Yale.
Trustee Goucher College, 1958-1961. Grantee Australian National Research Council, 1929-1930, National Research Council, 1930-1931, Social Science Research Council, 1933-1934, 68-70, Wenner-Gren Foundation Anthropological Research, 1947-1948, 68-70, Guggenheim Foundation, 1953-1954.
Member New York Academy Sciences (chairman anthropology section, vice president academic 1944-1946), American Ethnological Society (president 1946-1947), American Anthropological Society (council 1938-1970), American Sociological Society (representative to American Council Learned Societies 1950-1953).