Includes bibliographical references and index.

Voices of women anthropologists : autobiography, social history, and anthropology / Maria G. Cattell -- Gender roles in sociocultural and historical context / Marjorie M. Schweitzer -- Possessed by anthropology. Possessed by anthropology / Judy Rosenthal -- Changing roles, challenging stereotypes : women's roles in twentieth-century America. From academe to county politics : anthropologist as activist / Eunice Felter Boyer ; An anthropological odyssey : a midlife beginning / Marilyn Preheim Rose ; Born an anthropologist : from a housewife with hobbies to an anthropologist with a passion / Cath Oberholtzer ; Changing roles, challenging irrelevance : my story as a reentry woman / Dorothy M. Castille -- The web of lives : family involvements, career interactions. On becoming an anthropologist / Louanna M. Lackey ; Family involvements : earning a PhD while raising children / Molly G. Schuchat ; Career constraints and enhancements : marriage, family, and age / Ellen C. Rhoads Holmes ; The "A-G-E" effects on my midlife career in anthropology / Esther Skirboll -- Being the other : encounters with difference. A late bloomer's struggles with discrimination / Ruby Rohrlich ; My life hangs by this question : what is a human being? / Elizabeth (Teddy) Dressel Hoobler ; Not my color, not my kind : lessons in race, class, age, and gender in the academy / M. Jean Harris ; Understanding my life : the dialectics of marketing and anthropology / Barbara Olsen -- Being an anthropologist, living anthropological lives. From prehistory to culture history : my anthropological journey / Marjorie M. Schweitzer ; In pursuit of the word : my anthropological life / Maria Gleaton Cattell ; A lens, a book, and a compass : my anthropological life tour / Jacqueline Walden -- Legacies for future generations. A time for excellence, a legacy for the future / Jane Stevenson Day ; Lessons for today / Marjorie M. Schweitzer.