Matilda Coxe Stevenson
✓ Source-basedrisingEthnologist (1849-1915)
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Matilda Coxe Stevenson, who also wrote under the name Tilly E. Stevenson, was an American anthropologist. She was the first woman ever employed as an anthropologist in the U.S. She was also the first female anthropologist to study the Native Americans of New Mexico. She pioneered the use of photography in ethnology.
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Country
Category
Historical Figures
Type
Historical Figure
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1849 to 1915 · aged 66
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