Book ID: CBB718227563

Mildred Trotter and the Invisible Histories of Physical and Forensic Anthropology (2022)

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Wilson, Emily K. (Author)


CRC Press


Publication Date: 2022
Physical Details: 205
Language: English

In the wake of World War II, anatomist and anthropologist Mildred Trotter left the Midwest for a temporary post as the forensic anthropology expert for the Army in the Territory of Hawaii. Her formidable task was to identify the remains of war dead in order to return them to their families, in a national effort that continues to this day. Mildred Trotter and the Invisible Histories of Physical and Forensic Anthropology is the first, long overdue biography on this woman of immense stature in her field. She was the first woman to serve as President of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists and the first woman to be full professor at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. While primarily a biography of Trotter, this book also examines aspects that are so often left out of retrospectives of science and scientific figures. This includes scientific error, the historical experiences of the few women and individuals from other marginalized groups active in the discipline, sexism, and scientific and social racism. This book also provides novel historical context regarding her major and now well-known tibia mismeasurement. Mildred Trotter and the Invisible Histories of Physical and Forensic Anthropology is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of science and women in science, and for all practicing and aspiring biological and forensic anthropologists.

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Review Amanda Domingues (2023) Review of "Mildred Trotter and the Invisible Histories of Physical and Forensic Anthropology". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 457-458). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Kvicalova, Anna
Scattolin, Giuliano
Sysling, Fenneke
Zanatta, Alberto
Zampieri, Fabio
Wheelhouse, Frances
Concepts
Biographies
Physical anthropology
Women in science
Human remains
Bone and bones
Medicine
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, late
20th century, early
19th century
21st century
Places
United States
Padua (Italy)
Missouri (U.S.)
Hawaii (U.S.)
Indonesia
Czechoslovakia
Institutions
University of Padua
Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri)
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Harvard University
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