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   ocr: 38 Margaret MARGARET MEAD (1901-18) TAUGHT Meada GENERATIONS OF AMERICANS ABOUT the value of looking carefully and openly at other cultures to better understand the complexities of being human. Scientist, explorer, writer, and teacher, Mead, who worked in the Department of Anthropology at the American Museum of Natural History from 1926 until her death, brought the serious work of anthropology into the public consciousness. Mead studied at Barnard College, where she met the great anthropologist Franz Boas, who became her mentor and advisor when she attended graduate school at Columbia Universi ...