This is a list of women anthropologists.
NameDescriptionBirthDeathImage Adeline Masquelier American anthropologist 1960 Adrienne L. Kaeppler American anthropologist 1935-07-26 2022-03-05 Agnes Conway British archaeologist and historian 1885 1950 Agnès Humbert French art historian 1894-10-12 1963-09-19 Aihwa Ong Malaysian sociocultural anthropologist 1950-02-01 Aileen Fox English archaeologist 1907-07-29 2005-11-21 Alana Cordy-Collins American archaeologist specializing in Peruvian prehistory 1944-06-05 2015-08-16 Alanah Woody American anthropologist 1956-03-24 2007-07-19 Alba Zaluar Brazilian anthropologist 1942-06-02 2019-12-19 Aleksandra Dunin-Wąsowicz Polish archaeologist 1932-06-10 2015-07-22 Alessandra Melucco Vaccaro Italian classical scholar 1940-04-04 2000-08-29 Alette Schreiner Norwegian researcher 1874-05-18 1957-12-26 Alexandra David-Néel Belgian-French anarchist, Buddhist, explorer, spiritualist, writer 1868-10-24 1969-09-08 Alice Beck Kehoe American anthropologist 1934 Alice Cunningham Fletcher American ethnologist 1838-03-15 1923-04-06 Alice E. Gillington British author, poet and gypsy folklorist 1863 1934-05-22 Alice G. Dewey American anthropologist 1928-12-04 2017-06-11 Alice Kober American classical scholar and archaeologist 1906-12-23 1950-05-16 Alice Mossie Brues American physical anthropologist 1913-10-09 2007-01-14 Alice Roberts English physician, anatomist, physical anthropologist, television presenter, author 1973-05-19 Alicia P. Magos Filipino anthropologist Alison Galloway American forensic anthropologist Alison Spedding British anthropologist 1962-01-22 Alison Wylie British-Canadian philosopher of science and archaeologist 1954 Alla Ter-Sarkisiants Russian anthropologist, historian and ethnographer of Armenia1937-04-252019-08-16 Amalia Signorelli Italian cultural anthropologist 1934-08-06 2017-10-25 Amanda Adams American author and archaeologist 1976-09-12 Amber Case American cyborg anthropologist 1986 Amelia Edwards British novelist, journalist, traveller and Egyptologist 1831-06-07 1892-04-15 Amélie Kuhrt British historian 1944-09-23 2023-01-02 Ana María Groot Colombian historian, archaeologist and anthropologist 1952-08-29 Angana P. Chatterji Indian anthropologist, activist, and feminist historian 1966-11 Aninhalli Vasavi Indian anthropologist 1958-12-20 Anita Álvarez de Williams American anthropologist, photographer and historian 1931 Anita Brenner Mexican writer 1905-08-13 1974-12-01 Ann Dunham American anthropologist, mother of Barack Obama 1942-11-29 1995-11-07 Ann Fienup-Riordan American cultural anthropologist 1948-10-13 Ann Peoples American anthropologist and camp manager, McMurdo Station Anna Curtenius Roosevelt American archaeologist 1946 Anna Czekanowska-Kuklińska Polish musicologist and ethnographer 1929-06-25 2021-10-18 Anna Lomax Wood American anthropologist and public folklorist 1944-11-20 Anna Lou Dehavenon American urban anthropologist 1926-11-24 2012-02-07 Anna Maria Bietti Sestieri Italian archaeologist 1942-12-07 2023-07-02 Anna Maria Di Sciullo Canadian linguist 1951 Anna Pujol Puigvehi Spanish archaeologist and historian 1947-08-16 Anna Sadurska Polish Classical scholar 1924-09-01 2004-03-03 Anna Tsing American anthropologist 1952 Annah Robinson Watson American author and folklorist 1848 1930 Annamaria Orla-Bukowska Polish social anthropologist 1953 Anne Allison American cultural anthropologist Anne Chapman American anthropologist 1922-11-28 2010-06-12 Anne Dambricourt-Malassé French paleoanthropologist 1959 Anne Johnson British archaeologist 1951-08-28 Anne Macaulay British musicologist 1924-03-11 1998 Anne Salmond New Zealand anthropologist, environmentalist and writer 1945-11-16 Anne Stine Ingstad Norwegian archaeologist 1918-02-11 1997-11-06 Anne Walbank Buckland British anthropologist, ethnologist, and travel writer 1832 1899 Anne Zeller American physical anthropologist, specializing in primates Annemarie Mol Dutch ethnographer and philosopher 1958-09-13 Annette Laming-Emperaire French archeologist 1917-10-22 1977 Annette Weiner American anthropologist 1933-02-14 1997-12-07 Annie Brisset Canadian linguist Annie Marion MacLean early American sociologist 1869 1934 Annie York elder of the Nlaka'pamux, ethnobotany contributor 1904-09-21 1991-08-19 Antonia Arslan Italian writer/academic of Armenian origins 1938 Antonia Mills Canadian anthropologist Aud Talle Norwegian anthropologist 1944 2011-08-16 Audrey Butt Colson Social anthropologist 1926-03-15 Audrey Meaney Archaeologist 1931-03-19 2021-02-14 Audrey Richards Anthropologist 1899-07-08 1984-06-29 Audrey Smedley American anthropologist 1930 2020-10-14 Bambi Schieffelin American linguist 1945 Barbara Freire-Marreco English anthropologist and folklorist 1879 1967 Barbara Harrell-Bond British academic 1932 2018 Barbara J. Heath American archaeologist 1960-12-27 Barbara Myerhoff American filmmaker and anthropologist 1935-02-16 1985-01-07 Barbara Rylko-Bauer American anthropologist 1950 Barbara Smuts American anthropologist Beatrice Blackwood Anthropologist 1889-05-03 1975-01-29 Beatrice Blyth Whiting American anthropologist 1914-04-14 2003-09-29 Beatrice De Cardi Archaeologist 1914-06-05 2016-07-05 Beatrice Medicine American anthropologist 1923-08-01 2005 Berit Wallenberg Swedish anthropologist and archaeologist 1902 1995 Bertha P. Dutton American anthropologist, archaeologist, ethnologist 1903 1994 Bertha Parker Pallan archaeologist 1907-08-30 1978-10-08 Bertha Phillpotts British academic 1877 1932 Beryl Esembe Sociologist/Anthropologist/Philanthropist, Christian 1972-07-10 Betsy Bryan American Egyptologist 1949 Bettina Hauge Danish anthropologist 1964 Betty Meggers Archaeologist 1921-12-05 2012-07-02 Bianca Williams Black American cultural anthropologist 1980 Birgit Zotz Austrian writer and anthropologist 1979-08-07 Birgitta Hoffmann British archaeologist 1969-05-18 Birutė Galdikas primatologist, conservationist, and ethologist 1946-05-10 Blanche Wheeler Williams Archeologist and teacher 1870-01-09 1936-12-09 Bonnie Nardi American academic Brackette Williams American anthropologist 1955 Bridget Allchin English archaeologist, specializing in South Asian archaeology 1927 2017 Brigitte Bönisch-Brednich German anthropologist Brit Solli Norwegian archaeologist 1959 Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway Italian art historian 1929-11-14 2024-10-19 Butet Manurung anthropologist or education activist 1972-02-21 C.H.E. Haspels Archeologist 1894-09-15 1980-12-25 Camilla Wedgwood British anthropologist 1901-03-25 1955-05-17 Carenza Lewis British archaeologist 1963 Carla Obermeyer Carmel Schrire anthropology and author 1941-05-15 Carmen Baroja Spanish writer and ethnologist 1883 1950-06-04 Carmen Guarini Argentine anthropologist, teacher, film maker 1953-01-18 Carobeth Laird Ethnologist 1895-07-20 1983-08-05 Carol Breckenridge American anthropologist 1942 2009 Carol Delaney American anthropologist 1940-12-12 Carol J. Greenhouse American anthropologist 1950-01-04 Carol Laderman Medical anthropologist and writer 1932-10-25 2010-07-06 Carol Meyers American archaeologist 1942 Carol R. Ember American cultural anthropologist 1943-07-07 Carole C. Noon American primatologist 1949-07-14 2009-05-02 Caroline Furness Jayne American ethnologist 1873 1909 Caroline Humphrey British academic, anthropologist 1943-09-01 Caroline Malone British archaeologist 1957 Caroline Moser British sociologist and anthropologist Caroline Wilkinson British anthropologist 1965-10-27 Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban American archaeologist and anthropologist Carolyn Hamilton South African anthropologist and historian Carolyn M. Heighway British archaeologist 1943 Carolyn Sargent Medical anthropologist Caterina Magni Italian-born French archaeologist and anthropologist 1966 Catharine McClellan American anthropologist 1921-03-01 2009-03-03 Catherine Berndt Australian anthropologist 1918-05-08 1994-05-12 Catherine L. Besteman American anthropologist Catherine Lutz American anthropologist 1952 Catherine Morgan British historian and archaeologist 1961-10-09 Catherine Namono Ugandan archaeologist Catherine S. Fowler American anthropologist Cathrine Hasse Danish anthropologist 1956 Cathy Small American anthropologist 1949 Cezaria Jędrzejewiczowa Polish scientist and art historian 1885-08-02 1967-02-28 Chantal Boulanger French anthropologist 1957-01-04 2004-12-27 Charlotte Booth British archaeologist and Egyptologist 1975-04-06 Charlotte Gower Chapman American ethnologist 1902 1982 Charlotte Lewis character from the American mystery fiction television series Lost 1971-07-02 Charlotte Roberts bioarchaeologist 1957 Charlotte Viall Wiser American anthropologist 1892 1981 Chie Nakane Japanese anthropologist 1926-11-30 2021-10-12 Christen A. SmithAssociate professor of anthropology and African and African diaspora studies Christian Maclagan British antiquary and archaeologist 1811 1901 Christiane Desroches Noblecourt French Egyptologist 1913-11-17 2011-06-23 Christine Niederberger Betton French archaeologist 2001 Chuni Kotal Indian Dalit anthropologist 1965 1992 Cindy Cruz American ethnographer Claire Barratt Industrial archaeologist, steam engineer and television presenter 1974 Claire Smith Australian archaeologist 1957-07-15 Clara Passafari Argentine anthropologist 1930-03-20 1994 Clare Selgin Wolfowitz American anthropologist 1945-11 Clarisa Hardy Argentinian-born Chilean politician, anthropologist and psychologist 1945-12-15 Claudia Roden British writer 1936 Claudia Zaslavsky American ethnomathematician 1917-01-12 2006-01-13 Clea Koff Anthropologist 1972 Clémence Royer French philosopher 1830-04-21 1902-02-06 Clementina Panella Archaeologist Cleo Odzer American writer and anthropologist 1950-04-06 2001-03-26 Constance Cox Canadian interpreter 1881 1960 Constance Goddard DuBois Ethnographer 1934 Constanza Ceruti Argentinian anthropologist 1973-01-06 Cora DuBois anthropologist, academic 1903-10-26 1991-04-07 Courtney Angela Brkic American anthropologist and writer 1972 Cristina Rémond Canadian public servant 1980 Cynthia Beall American anthropologist 1949 Cynthia Irwin-Williams Archaeologist 1936-04-14 1990-06-15 Daisy Bates Irish Australian journalist known for her work with Aboriginal People 1859-10-16 1951-04-18 Danielle Stordeur Archaeologist 1944 Danijela Stefanović Serbian Egyptologist 1973-07-09 Daphne Berdahl American anthropologist 1964-06-14 2007-10-05 Daria Khaltourina Sociologist and Anthropologist 1979-01-04 Dawn Atkins Anthropologist 1962-02-13 Dawn Prince-Hughes American scientist 1964-01-31 Dean Falk American anthropologist 1944-06-25 Débora Diniz Brazilian anthropologist 1970 Deborah Fouts American anthropologist Deborah Hyde British anthropologist and editor-in-chief 1965 Deborah M. Pearsall American paleoethnobotany 1950 Denise Schmandt-Besserat Professor of Art and Archaeology 1933-08-10 Dia Cha American anthropologist 1962 Dian Fossey American zoologist, gorilla researcher 1932-01-16 1985-12-271985-12-26 Diana Kirkbride British archaeologist 1915-10-22 1997-08-13 Diane Barwick Canadian anthropologist 1938 1986 Diane Bell Australian writer and anthropologist 1943-06-11 Diane Massam Canadian linguist Diane Zaino Chase American archaeologist 1953 Dina Lévi-Strauss French anthropologist 1911-02-01 1999-02-25 Dolores Piperno archaeologist 1949 Donna Gerdts American linguist Dorinne K. Kondo Anthropologist Doris Bartholomew American linguist 1930 Doris Zemurray Stone American Mesoamericanist 1909-11-19 1994-10-21 Dorothea Bate Welsh palaeontologist and archaeozoologist 1878-11-08 1951-01-13 Dorothea Bleek German anthropologist and philologist 1873-03-26 1948-06-27 Dorothy Burr Thompson American archaeologist 1900-08-19 2001-05-10 Dorothy D. Lee American anthropologist 1905 1975-04 Dorothy E. Smith Canadian anthropologist 1926-07-06 2022-06-03 Dorothy Garrod First female Professor at Cambridge 1892-05-051892-04-05 1968-12-18 Dorothy Jean Ray Anthropologist 1919-10-10 2007-12-12 Dorothy King American self-described archaeologist and hist