Background
Reichard, Gladys Amanda was born on July 17, 1893 in Bangor, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Noah W. and Minerva Anna (Jordan) Reichard.
Reichard, Gladys Amanda was born on July 17, 1893 in Bangor, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Noah W. and Minerva Anna (Jordan) Reichard.
Graduate study, University of Hamburg, Germany (Guggenheim Memorial fellowship), 1926-1927.
Teacher rural schools Northampton County, Pennsylvania, 1909-1911, grade schools Bangor, 1911-1915, Robert Louis Stevenson School, New York City, 1920-1921. Assistant in anthropology, Barnard College, New York City, 1921-1922. Research fellow University of California, 1922-1923.
Instructor in anthropology, Barnard College, 1923-1928, assistant professor, 1928-1941, professor since 1951.
Member American Folk-Lore Society (secretary, editor, president), American Ethnological Society (secretary), American Association for Advancement of Science (secretary Section H 1944-1945). Member Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.