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Mary Lindsay Elmendorf
Mary Lindsay Elmendorf was a recognized American Applied Anthropologist, mainly for her work with the Mayan women of Mexico and her application of anthropology in consultation with technology.undefined Her early work involved rural south and the slums of Boston and New Haven as well as in the Putney School in Vermont and Mexico.undefined Her application of anthropology focused mainly on involving women with planning and implementation of suitable technologies for those women and others to choose and manage their development strategies.undefined

Life and Education
As far as her personal life, Elmendorf was born April 13, 1917, in Ruby, SC, the United States to James Calvin Lindsay and Ana Eugenia MacGregor.undefined She met her first husband, John Elmendorf, as a student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; they married in December 1937.undefined John Elmendorf died in 1980 and she eventually remarried Dr. John Landgraf (1914 - 2010).undefined

Her education spans through various schools and universities as she attended St. Pauls High School in 1933 and was a valedictorian.undefined She earned her B.A. Psychology (1937) and her M.A. equivalent in Public Administration and Social Work (1941) as well at UNC-Chapel Hill.undefined Since in University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, she graduated School in Anthropology (1946 - 1948) and then attended Union Graduate School in 1972 earning a Ph.D. in Anthropology.undefined

Elmendorf became affiliated with numerous affiliations: American Anthropological Association, Society for Applied Anthropology, Association for the Advancement of Science, AAUW, United Nations Association/USA, UNIFEM/Gulf Coast Chapter, and the Democratic Club.undefined

She volunteered with the American Friends Service Committee in 1944 - 1946.undefined She was the head of the CARE office in Mexico (1952 - 1960) and became the first anthropologist hired by the World Bank (1975).undefined Elmendorf was involved in various educator projects like Brown University (1962-65), Goddard College (1973), etc.undefined Based on her work and application of anthropology, she aided at the United Nations Conferences on Women held in Mexico, Copenhagen, Nairobi, and Beijing.undefined

Dr. Elmendorf died on September 15, 2017, at 100 years old.undefined

Books and Other Publications

 * Nine Mayan Women: A Village Face Change (1976) undefined
 * From Southern Belle to Global Rebel: Memoirs of Anthropologist and Activist (2012) undefined
 * Appropriate Technology for Water Supply and Sanitation: Sociocultural Aspects of Water Supply and Excreta Disposal (1980) undefined
 * Water and Sanitation- Related Health Constraints on Women's Contributions to the Economic Development of Communities (1982) undefined


 * Public and Private Roles of Women in Water Supply and Sanitation Programs (1983-09) undefined
 * Priorities, challenges, and strategies: a feminine perspective (1996) undefined
 * Women Cross-Culturally: Change and Challenge (2011) undefined

Nine Mayan Women
Elmendorf's best-known work, Nine Mayan Women, illustrates her case studies in the village of Chan Kom of Mayan women in the Yucatan Peninsula.undefined The book studies nine women who are spoken about in chapter two.undefined She covered background information on Chan Kom as well as the study itself.undefined The rest of the book is a broader reflection of the preceding vignettes interwoven with mentions and attribution of other sources that relate to Mayan communities and culture.undefined The main focus of her study was on the quality of life issues and the life satisfaction of Mayan women.undefined In studying these aspects, she was able to see the Mayan women are happy and content with their lives and appear to value work as they also share a mutual respect with their husbands.undefined

Her work has been reviewed by other scholars like Steffen W. Schmidt in Latin American Research Review. undefined And influences other scholar's work like John G. Frazier (and others) in their book, Rights, resources, culture, and conservation in the land of the Maya.undefined

Awards
List of some awards received (all from the same source): undefined


 * Nobel Peace Prize (group award: British and American Quakers)
 * 1981 Praxis Award
 * 1982 Margaret Mead Award
 * 1993 Distinguished Alumna Award
 * 1996 Award (the United Nations Association of the United States of America Sarasota-Manatee Chapter)
 * 1996 SULABH International Social Service Organization (And additional thanks for the donation of a collection of articles, technical reports, and other items to The Museum of the Toilet)
 * 1997 Outstanding Alumna Award, Queens College
 * 2007 PLACA- Lifetime Achievement Award
 * 2009 Brown University (Honorary Degree as Doctor of Humane Letters)

Projects
List of consulting/research-selected projects:


 * 1975 - 1997 The World Bank - (as a Consulting Anthropologist)
 * 1977 - 1979 Fellow Research Institute for the Study of Man (RISM)
 * 1982 - 1997 United Nations Development Program, Division of Global and Interregional Projects
 * 1982 - 1991 World Health Organization (WHO)
 * 1980 - 1985 Water and Sanitation for Health Project (WASH), US Agency for International Development
 * 1980 - 1982 Institute for Rural Water
 * 1993 UNPFA Seminar "Women, Population and Environment"
 * 1993 Participated in InterACTION Forum
 * 1991 Facilitator, Global Assembly of Women and the Environment
 * 1984 International Environmental Services (IES)
 * 1980 Appropriate Designs for Basic Needs (ADBN) - ( Founder and Director and Independent Consultant)
 * 1980 Program for the Introduction and Adaptation of Contraceptive Technology (PIACT) of Mexico - (Consultant)
 * 1972 - 1990 U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
 * 1960 - 1982 the Peace Corps, and the Overseas Education Fund of the League of Women Voters - (Consultant)
 * 1963 - 1967 the Overseas Education Fund of the League of Women Voters - (Consultant)
 * 1985 - 1995 International Development Research Centre, (IDRC)
 * 1984 - 1986 Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN