Ellen Irene Diggs (1906–1998) was an American anthropologist. She was the writer of a major contribution to African American history, Black Chronology: From 4,000 B.C. to the Abolition of the Slave Trade.[1]
Ellen Diggs | |
|---|---|
 Ellen Diggs as a high school student, from a 1923 publication. | |
| Born | 1906 Monmouth, Illinois |
| Died | 1998 |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Monmouth College University of Minnesota Clark Atlanta University |
| Influences | W. E. B. Du Bois |
| Academic work | |
| Main interests | anthropologist |
Biography
editDiggs was born on April 13, 1906, in Monmouth, to parents Charles Henry and Alice Diggs and raised in a "supportive environment" that fostered her academic pursuits and other ambitions[2][3]
Diggs pursued her undergraduate work at Monmouth College and the University of Minnesota. She received her master's degree from Atlanta University where she was a research assistant to W. E. Burghardt Du Bois.[1] As Du Bois' research assistant, she aided in the research of five of his books.[3]
Works
edit- Black chronology from 4000 B.C. to the abolition of the slave trade, G.K. Hall, 1983, ISBN 9780816185436
References
edit- ^ a b "Dr. Diggs Authors Major Black History Chronology". Frederick News Post. 20 April 1983. Retrieved 2 November 2015 – via Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Proffitt, Pamela (1999). Notable Women Scientists. Detroit: Gale Group. pp. 133. ISBN 0787639001.
- ^ a b Gacs, Ute; McIntyre, Jerrie (1988). Women Anthropologists: Selected Biographies. University of Illinois Press. pp. 59–64. ISBN 978-0-252-06084-7.
Bibliography
edit- Gacs, Ute; McIntyre, Jerrie (1988). Women Anthropologists: Selected Biographies. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-06084-7.
- Harvey, Joy; Ogilvie, Marilyn (2000). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives from Ancient Times to the Mid-Twentieth Century. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-415-92038-4.
- Oakes, Elizabeth H. (2007). Encyclopedia of World Scientists. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4381-1882-6.