Margaret Caffrey

About the Author

Margaret Caffrey is an associate professor of history at the University of Memphis and the author of a book about Margaret Mead’s mentor, colleague, and lover, entitled Ruth Benedict: Stranger in This Land. She lives in Memphis, Tennessee.

Patricia Francis was curator of “Margaret Mead: Human Nature and the Power of Culture,” an exhibition at the Library of Congress, in 2002. She lives in Washington, D.C.