Margaret Mead
Margaret Mead
Margaret Meadwas an American cultural anthropologist who featured frequently as an author and speaker in the mass media during the 1960s and 1970s. She earned her bachelor's degree at Barnard College in New York City and her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Columbia University...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth16 December 1901
CityPhiladelphia, PA
CountryUnited States of America
sex masculine-and-feminine personality
We may say that many, if not all, of the personality traits which we have called masculine or feminine are as lightly linked to sex as are the clothing, the manners, and the form of headdress that a society at a given period assigns to either sex.
civilization evil way
we came to realize that a civilization which rode roughshod over the way of life of other peoples was incorporating evil in its own way of life.
family impossible-situations support
Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a box the way we do. With no relatives, no support, we've put it in an impossible situation.
freedom passion government
Never depend upon institutions or government to solve any problem. All social movements are founded by, guided by, motivated and seen through by the passion of individuals.
friends beautiful clever
Between friends there is no bribery. ... the relationship of friends is intrinsically fair and equal. Neither feels stronger or more clever or more beautiful than the other.
peace wall intelligent
If one cannot state a matter clearly enough so that even an intelligent twelve-year-old can understand it, one should remain within the cloistered walls of the university and laboratory until one gets a better grasp of one's subject matter.
hate love-is demand
To demand that another love what one loves is tyranny enough, but to demand that another hate what one hates, is even worse.
leisure feels stills
What we lack is not so much leisure to do as time to reflect and time to feel. What we seldom "take" is time to experience the things that have happened, the things that are happening, the things that are still ahead of us.
order culture humans
in all cultures, human beings - in order to be human - must understand the nonhuman.
culture humans ideals
An ideal culture is one that makes a place for every human gift
time women bad-ass
Every time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man.
relationship family sister
Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship.
zest creative world
There is no more creative force in the world than the menopausal woman with zest.
dream fashion ambition
People in America, of course, live in all sorts of fashions, because they are foreigners, or unlucky, or depraved, or without ambition; people live like that, but Americans live in white detached houses with green shutters. Rigidly, blindly, the dream takes precedence.