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Ruth Murray Underhill (August 22, 1883 – August 15, 1984) was an American anthropologist. She was born in Ossining-on-the-Hudson, New York, and attended Vassar College, graduating in 1905 with a degree in Language and Literature. In 1907, she graduated from the London School of Economics and began travelling throughout Europe. During World War I, she worked for an Italian Orphanage run by the Red Cross. After the war, she married Charles C. Crawford and published her first book ''The White Moth''. Her marriage ended in 1929 and by 1930 she decided to go back to school to learn more about human behavior. After speaking with Franz Boas and Ruth Benedict in the Anthropology Department at Columbia University, she decided to pursue the field, graduating in 1937. She wrote numerous books on Native Americans and helped to dispel many myths about their culture. ==Early life== Ruth Underhill was born in Ossining-on-the-Hudson, New York on August 22, 1883. There has been some discrepancy with her birth year, but a copy of her birth certificate and early census records indicate that she was born in this year.〔(), Bailey Library and Archives at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.〕 The oldest of four children, she was the healthiest and strongest of the three girls.〔(), Ruth Underhill Oral Histories, Bailey Library and Archives at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.〕 Her brother, Robert L.M. Underhill became a well known mountaineer. She grew up attending Ossining School for Girls and her family took frequent camping trips to Europe. Following Ossining School for Girls, Ruth entered Vassar College in 1901 and also studied at the London School of Economics.
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