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Dr Rhoda Ann <I>Bubendey</I> Metraux

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Dr Rhoda Ann Bubendey Metraux

Birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Death
26 Nov 2003 (aged 89)
Barton, Orleans County, Vermont, USA
Burial
Greensboro, Orleans County, Vermont, USA Add to Map
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Rhoda is the daughter of Frederick Bubendey and Anna Marie Kappleman. (Death certificate)

Dr. Rhoda Bubendey Metraux (October 18, 1914 - November 26, 2003), was a prominent anthropologist in the area of cross-cultural studies, specializing in Haitian voodoo and the Iatmul of New Guinea. She collaborated with Alfred Metraux, on mutual studies of Voodoo in Haiti. During World War II, Dr. Metraux headed the section on German morale for the US Office of Strategic Services (OSS).

Rhoda Metraux was also an important professional and personal partner of Margaret Mead (1901–1978). Together with Mead, she wrote several books and many articles on major issues from the 1950s to the late 1970s. As a contributing editor to Redbook magazine for well over a decade, both wrote many articles on contemporary issues that later formed the basis of a number of books including A Way of Seeing. Margaret Mead and Rhoda Metraux were in fact a close-knit professional team whose work greatly influenced American anthropology in the late 20th century. They shared a house in Greenwich Village in New York from 1955 to 1966 and an apartment on Central Park West from 1966 until Mead's death in 1978. (Courtesy of Elisa Rolle)
Rhoda is the daughter of Frederick Bubendey and Anna Marie Kappleman. (Death certificate)

Dr. Rhoda Bubendey Metraux (October 18, 1914 - November 26, 2003), was a prominent anthropologist in the area of cross-cultural studies, specializing in Haitian voodoo and the Iatmul of New Guinea. She collaborated with Alfred Metraux, on mutual studies of Voodoo in Haiti. During World War II, Dr. Metraux headed the section on German morale for the US Office of Strategic Services (OSS).

Rhoda Metraux was also an important professional and personal partner of Margaret Mead (1901–1978). Together with Mead, she wrote several books and many articles on major issues from the 1950s to the late 1970s. As a contributing editor to Redbook magazine for well over a decade, both wrote many articles on contemporary issues that later formed the basis of a number of books including A Way of Seeing. Margaret Mead and Rhoda Metraux were in fact a close-knit professional team whose work greatly influenced American anthropology in the late 20th century. They shared a house in Greenwich Village in New York from 1955 to 1966 and an apartment on Central Park West from 1966 until Mead's death in 1978. (Courtesy of Elisa Rolle)


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  • Created by: David Edsall
  • Added: Oct 3, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59581297/rhoda_ann-metraux: accessed ), memorial page for Dr Rhoda Ann Bubendey Metraux (18 Oct 1914–26 Nov 2003), Find a Grave Memorial ID 59581297, citing Mitchell-McLaren Cemetery, Greensboro, Orleans County, Vermont, USA; Maintained by David Edsall (contributor 46906546).