May Mandelbaum Edel

May Mandelbaum Edel
BornDecember 1, 1909
New York, New York
DiedMay 23, 1964
Kew Gardens General Hospital in Queens, New York
Alma materBarnard College; Columbia University
Known forCultural anthropology
SpouseAbraham Edel
ChildrenMatthew Edel; Deborah Edel
Scientific career
Thesis (1940)
Academic advisorsFranz Boaz; Ruth Benedict

May Mandelbaum Edel (1 December 1909 – 23 May 1964) was an American anthropologist known for her fieldwork among the Okanagan in Washington, the Tillamook in Oregon, and the Kiga in Uganda.[1] Edel's linguistic research of the Tillamook serves as the only published account of the language[2] which provided data for future linguistic publications.[2] Edel was the first American woman anthropologist to live in an African village, and her research in Africa documented the diversity of African cultures.[3]

  1. ^ "May Mandelbaum Edel papers · SOVA". sova.si.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
  2. ^ a b Thompson, Laurence C.; Thompson, M. Terry (1966). "A Fresh Look at Tillamook Phonology". International Journal of American Linguistics. 32 (4): 313–319. doi:10.1086/464920. ISSN 0020-7071. S2CID 145658086.
  3. ^ Bunzel, Ruth L. (1966). "Obituarie". American Anthropologist. 68 (4): 986–989. doi:10.1525/aa.1966.68.4.02a00080. ISSN 1548-1433.