Rosalie Hankey Wax

Rosalie Wax (1911 – 1998) was a noted American Anthropologist who during the second world war researched interned Japanese-Americans and later Native Americans. She taught at the University of Chicago, University of Kansas and at Washington University.

Rosalie Hankey Wax
Born	November 4, 1911 Des Plaines, Illinois, U.S.
Died	1998 (aged 86–87)
Education	PhD from University of Chicago in 1950
Spouse	Murray Wax (1949-1987)
Scientific career
Fields	Anthropology
Institutions	Emory University University of Chicago University of Kansas Washington University in St. Louis

Selected publications

• Wax, R. (1971). Doing fieldwork: Warnings and advice. University of Chicago Press.
• Wax, Murray, and Rosalie Wax. (1963) "The notion of magic." Current Anthropology 4, no. 5 495–518.
• Wax, R. H., & Thomas, R. K. (1961). American Indians and white people. Phylon. 22(4), 305–317.
• Wax, R. (1952). Field methods and techniques: Reciprocity as a field technique. Human Organization, 11(3), 34–37.
• Wax, R. H. (1979). Gender and age in fieldwork and fieldwork education: No good thing is done by any man alone. Social Problems, 26(5), 509–522.

External links

• Rosalie H. Wax Papers, The Bancroft Library