Jeanne Leschi

Jeanne Leschi (active 1948–1959) was a French physical anthropologist known for her work with Wolof people and Dogon people in West Africa. Leschi completed her doctorate in science from the University of Paris.^[1] She was first employed by the French National Museum of Natural History and was a researcher at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. She was a member of the Society of Anthropology of Paris.^[2]

Her work included an investigation on the melanoderm and leucoderm among races, which addressed idea that each human race has a distinct endocrine equilibrium.^[3] Her study approached the subject from the angle of the corti-adrenal function of melanoderm and leucoderm races.^[3]

^ Ogilvie, Marilyn; Harvey, Joy (2003). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives From Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century. Oxon: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-96343-9.
^ Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey; Harvey, Joy Dorothy (2000-01-01). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L-Z. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780415920407.
^ ^a ^b Vallois, Henri Victor (1951). "Rapport pour le prix Broca". Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d'Anthropologie de Paris. 2 (4): 268–269.

[1] Ogilvie, Marilyn; Harvey, Joy (2003). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives From Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century. Oxon: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-96343-9.

[2] Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey; Harvey, Joy Dorothy (2000-01-01). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L-Z. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780415920407.

[:0-3] Vallois, Henri Victor (1951). "Rapport pour le prix Broca". Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d'Anthropologie de Paris. 2 (4): 268–269.

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