Rosalie Hankey Wax

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

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.

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