Dutton's Dirty Diggers - Bertha P. Dutton and the Senior Girl Scout Archaeological Camps in the American Southwest, 1947-1957

Traces the life and legacy of anthropologist Bertha Dutton and her work leading the Girl Scouts' Archaeological Mobile Camps

About the author

Catherine S. Fowler is Foundation Professor of Anthropology Emerita at the University of Nevada, Reno, and research associate at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Her recent publications include Isabel T. Kelly's Southern Paiute Ethnographic Field Notes, 1932-1934, co-authored with Darla Garey-Sage.

Summary

Chronicles a significant yet little-known program for Girl Scouts in post-WWII America. At a time when women were just beginning to enter fields dominated by men, these two-week camping caravans and archaeological excavations introduced teenage girls to the cultural and scientific heritage of the American Southwest and to new career possibilities.

Product details

• Authors: Catherine S Fowler, Catherine S. Fowler
• Publisher: The University of Utah Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9781607817833
• ISBN: 978-1-60781-783-3
• No. of pages: 344
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 226 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 658 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous