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Ruth Fulton Benedict

Ruth Fulton Benedict. By: Safiya Ibrahim . Introduction. Ruth Fulton Benedict was born on J une 5 1887 in New York City. She attended Vassar College and graduated in 1909 and did her graduate studies at Columbia University in 1919 which then she had received her PhD in 1923.

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Ruth Fulton Benedict

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  1. Ruth Fulton Benedict By: Safiya Ibrahim

  2. Introduction • Ruth Fulton Benedict was born on June 5 1887 in New York City. • She attended Vassar College and graduated in 1909 and did her graduate studies at Columbia University in 1919 which then she had received her PhD in 1923. • She had a romantic relationship with Margaret Mead . • When she was a little girl she got measles which then made her partly deaf but she didn’t know that till she began school.

  3. Ruth’s Field •  She entered the field of anthropology and continued that throughout her work. • During her career in the Social Sciences she thought of cultures as total constructs of academic, religious, and other things. • She was known to be the person that was connected to Franz Boas who was her teacher.

  4. What Ruth Benedict did. • She researched the differences between the cultures around the world and talked about different patterns related to culture and behavior. • She published a book called “Patterns of Culture” in 1934 and in it she came up with a concept of cultural configuration. • She did a study of the Japanese personality and culture and later on published another book called “The Chrysanthemum and the Sword”

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  6. Why Ruth Benedict is important to us. • Her studies can help people understand the meaning of culture and personality. • We can learn the differences between the cultures around the world and different patterns related to culture and behavior

  7. Conclusion Ruth Benedict made people understand how different everyones culture and personalities were which helped people understand more about how life is. Her work continues to hold it’s value.

  8. Websites • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Benedict • http://www.nndb.com/people/786/000097495/ • http://www.webster.edu/~woolflm/ruthbenedict.html

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