Dec 16 marks the 123th birthday of Margaret Mead, one of the leading cultural anthropologists of her day. Born in 1901, she wrote over twenty books and had broad influence in the popular mainstream culture, especially on gender, race and sexual issues.
Photo taken June 1968, of Margaret Mead talking to Journalists. Image Courtesy: Acc. 90-105 - Science Service, Records, 1920s-1970s, Smithsonian Institution Archives.
