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No Place for a Lady: The Life Story of Archaeologist Marjorie F. Lambert

No Place for a Lady: The Life Story of Archaeologist Marjorie F. Lambert

Tisdale, Shelby

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ISBN10: 0816549710
ISBN13: 9780816549719
Publisher: Univ Of Arizona Pr
Published: Jun 20 2023
Pages: 294
Weight: 0.74
Height: 0.87 Width: 5.98 Depth: 8.98
Language: English
In the first half of the twentieth century, the canyons and mesas of the Southwest beckoned and the burgeoning field of archaeology thrived. Among those who heeded the call, Marjorie Ferguson Lambert became one of only a handful of women who left their imprint on the study of southwestern archaeology and anthropology.

In this delightful biography, we gain insight into a time when there were few women establishing full-time careers in anthropology, archaeology, or museums. Shelby Tisdale successfully combines Lambert's voice from extensive interviews with her own to take us on a thought-provoking journey into how Lambert created a successful and satisfying professional career and personal life in a place she loved (the American Southwest) while doing what she loved.

Through Lambert's life story we gain new insight into the intricacies and politics involved in the development of archaeology and museums in New Mexico and the greater Southwest. We also learn about the obstacles that young women had to maneuver around in the early years of the development of southwestern archaeology as a profession. Tisdale brings into focus one of the long-neglected voices of women in the intellectual history of anthropology and archaeology and highlights how gender roles played out in the past in determining the career paths of young women. She also highlights what has changed and what has not in the twenty-first century.

Women's voices have long been absent throughout history, and Marjorie Lambert's story adds to the growing literature on feminist archaeology.

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