Eleanor Leacock

Eleanor Leacock
Born(1922-07-02)July 2, 1922
DiedApril 2, 1987(1987-04-02) (aged 64)
Alma materColumbia University
Spouses
(m. 1941⁠–⁠1962)
(m. 1966⁠–⁠1987)
Awards1983 New York Academy Sciences Award for the Behavioral Sciences
Scientific career
FieldsAnthropology
Thesis The Montagnais "Hunting Territory" and the Fur Trade  (1954)

Eleanor Burke Leacock (July 2, 1922 – April 2, 1987) was an American anthropologist and social theorist who made major contributions to the study of egalitarian societies, the evolution of the status of women in society, Marxism, and the feminist movement.