Benedict, Ruth(nee Fulton)

US anthropologist and popularizer of anthropology

1887 - Born on the 6th of June in New York.

1909 - Graduated at Vassar College.

1919 - She entered graduate studies at Columbia University and studying under Franz Boas.

1923 - Received her PhD and joining the faculty in Columbia University.

1934 - Wrote "Patterns of Culture".

1936 - She was appointed an associate professor at Columbia University.

She continued her teaching after the war, advancing to the rank of full professor.

1948 - She died in New York on 17th of September.

A U.S. postage stamp in her honor was issued October 20, 1995.

• "[Faith] is the virtue of the storm, just as happiness is the virtue of sunshine."