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(1883-1984) Novelist. Ruth Underhill was born in Ossining, New York, and died in Denver, Colorado.

Full Name

Ruth Underhill

Locations

Westchester

Author's Timeline


1883

BIRTH

Ruth Murray Underhill was born in Ossining, New York, on August 22, 1883.

1905

OTHER

Ms. Underhill graduated from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1905 with a degree in language and literature.

1920

LITWORK

The White Moth
New York: Moffat, Yard and Company

Novel.

1936

LITWORK

Autobiography of a Papago Woman
Menasha, Wisconsin: The American Anthropological Association

Nonfiction.

1937

OTHER

Ms. Underhill earned her Ph.D. in anthropology from Columbia University in 1937.

1937

LITWORK

Social Organization of the Papago Indians


Nonfiction.

1938

LITWORK

Singing for Power
University of California Press

Nonfiction.

1946

LITWORK

Pueblo Crafts
U. S. Dept. Of Interior

Nonfiction.

1953

LITWORK

Red Man's America: A History of Indians in the United States
University of Chicago Press

Nonfiction.

1955

OTHER

Ms. Underhill taught for a time at New York State Teachers College in New Paltz, New York, in 1955.

1956

LITWORK

The Navajos
University of Oklahoma Press
119913225X ISBN-13: 978-1199132253
Nonfiction.

1961

LITWORK

Antelope Singer
Puffin Books

Fiction.

1967

LITWORK

First Came the Family
Willaim Morrow and Company

Nonfiction.

1979

LITWORK

The Papago and Pima Indians of Arizona
Filter Press
910584524
Nonfiction.

1984

DEATH

Ruth Underhill died in Denver, Colorado, on August 15, 1984.

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