#hardcover#nonfiction#a utobiography#margaretmead#anthropology#WWII Exlibrary, some stain on front leaf cover, book in good shape, dj and plastic cover in fair shape. During her exceptional life Margaret Mead represented many things to the American public; sage, scientist, noncomformist, crusader for world peace, and archetypal grandmother. An enduring cultural icon for our century, she came to symbolize a new kind of woman, one who successfully combined marriage and motherhood with a career, and serious scholarship with a singular concern for its role in the lives of ordinary people.