Logo

15 Facts About Rosamond Spicer

1.

Rosamond Spicer was an American anthropologist and a writer.

2.

Rosamond Spicer worked with her husband Edward Holland Spicer who was a very well known anthropologist who authored many books which included the book which she had jointly edited titled People of Pascua which included a section by her titled Living in Pascua, Looking Back Fifty Years.

3.

Rosamond Spicer was born Rosamond Pendleton Brown on October 24,1913 in Bryn Athyn, about 16 miles north of downtown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

4.

Rosamond Spicer's religious following was Swedenborgianism or the Church of the New Jerusalem, with rituals similar to that of Episcopal or the Catholic church.

5.

Rosamond Spicer's initial education was classical and included study of Hebrew, Latin, Greek and French - her father was a scholarly person.

6.

Rosamond Spicer pursued lessons in modern dancing for performing with the Philadelphia Orchestra.

7.

Rosamond Spicer continued her studies at the University of Chicago in 1938 to receive a Master's degree in anthropology.

8.

Rosamond Spicer studied Near Eastern history and hieroglyphs at the Chicago's Oriental Institute.

9.

Rosamond Spicer married Edward Holland Spicer on June 21,1936, in Glenview, IL, after they had met at the Department of Anthropology at the University of Chicago where he had joined to pursue his s higher studies.

10.

Sands, the book titled People of Pascua written by Edward H Spicer and published by the University of Arizona Press.

11.

Rosamond Spicer worked on this draft for three years, verifying the data as she was associated with him in the two field studies when they lived in Pacua.

12.

Rosamond Spicer has recorded a chapter in this book titled Living in Pascua, Looking Back Fifty Years.

13.

Rosamond Spicer had lived Topawa, Arizona, in the "Feast House" with Barry, her son.

14.

Rosamond Spicer revisited this reservation during the 1950s and 1960 to take pictures of photos of the Tohono O'odham.

15.

Rosamond Spicer provided material which was of greater historical value as it was based on her diary notes during her life in Poston.