Throughout history, there have been many women anthropologists who have made significant contribution to the field. The list includes many familiar and great female anthropologists such as Jane Goodall, Margaret Mead, Zora Neale Hurston, Ann Dunham, Dian Fossey.The women anthropologists featured in this list are from United States, United Kingdom, Canada & Australia and many more countries.
Jane Goodall03 April 1934, British
Anthropologist
Ann Dunham29 November 1942, American
Barack Obama's Mother
Zora Neale Hurston07 January 1891, American
Folklorist, Anthropologist
Margaret Mead16 December 1901, American
Cultural Anthropologist
Alice Roberts19 May 1973, British
Anthropologist
Ruth Benedict05 June 1887, American
Anthropologist, Folklorist, University teacher,
Mary Leakey06 February 1913, British
Paleoanthropologist
Gayle Rubin1949 AD, American
Anthropologist, university teacher, essayist, LGBT
Margaret Murray13 July 1863, British
Anthropologist, Archaeologist, Egyptologist
Mary Douglas25 March 1921, British
Anthropologist, Writer, University teacher
Pearl Primus29 November 1919, American
Dancer
Eugenie Scott24 October 1945, American
Anthropologist, University teacher
Johnnetta Cole19 October 1936, American
Anthropologist and educator
Frances Densmore21 May 1867, American
Anthropologist
Sherry Ortner19 September 1941, American
Anthropologist, University teacher
Nancy Scheper-Hughes25 September 1944, American
anthropologist
Meave Leakey28 July 1942, British
Paleoanthropologist
Hortense Powdermaker24 December 1900, American
Cultural anthropologist
Alice Cunningham Fletcher15 March 1838, American
Anthropologist
Helen Fisher1947 AD, Canadian
anthropologist
Dame Anne Salmond16 November 1945, New Zealander
Anthropologist