Elsie Clews Parsons
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Elsie Clews Parsons was an influential American anthropologist and folklorist known for her pioneering work on Native American and African American cultures and for advancing feminist and progressive social ideas in the early 20th century.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Elsie Clews Parsons canonical | 2 |
| Elsie Worthington Clews Parsons | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T474270 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elsie Clews Parsons Context triple: [Zora Neale Hurston, studiedUnder, Elsie Clews Parsons]
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Edith Scott Bagley
Edith Scott Bagley was an American educator and the younger sister of civil rights leader Coretta Scott King, known for her work in education and support of the civil rights movement.
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B.
Ethel Wayman
Ethel Wayman was the wife of British humorist and novelist P. G. Wodehouse.
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C.
Laura E. Richards
Laura E. Richards was an American author of children’s literature and biographies, known for works such as her Pulitzer Prize–winning biography of her mother, Julia Ward Howe.
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D.
Edith Emerson
Edith Emerson was a daughter of the American transcendentalist essayist and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson, known primarily through her connection to his family and correspondence.
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E.
Muriel Whiting
Muriel Whiting was the wife of British Royal Air Force commander Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding, noted for his leadership during the Battle of Britain.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elsie Clews Parsons Target entity description: Elsie Clews Parsons was an influential American anthropologist and folklorist known for her pioneering work on Native American and African American cultures and for advancing feminist and progressive social ideas in the early 20th century.
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A.
Edith Scott Bagley
Edith Scott Bagley was an American educator and the younger sister of civil rights leader Coretta Scott King, known for her work in education and support of the civil rights movement.
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B.
Ethel Wayman
Ethel Wayman was the wife of British humorist and novelist P. G. Wodehouse.
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C.
Laura E. Richards
Laura E. Richards was an American author of children’s literature and biographies, known for works such as her Pulitzer Prize–winning biography of her mother, Julia Ward Howe.
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D.
Edith Emerson
Edith Emerson was a daughter of the American transcendentalist essayist and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson, known primarily through her connection to his family and correspondence.
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E.
Muriel Whiting
Muriel Whiting was the wife of British Royal Air Force commander Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding, noted for his leadership during the Battle of Britain.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anthropologist
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feminist ⓘ folklorist ⓘ human ⓘ sociologist ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in sociology ⓘ |
| birthName | Elsie Worthington Clews ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1875-11-27 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1941-12-19 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Barnard College
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Columbia University ⓘ |
| employer |
Columbia University
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New School for Social Research ⓘ |
| familyName | Parsons ⓘ |
| father | Henry Clews ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
African American folklore
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Native American studies ⓘ cultural anthropology ⓘ feminist theory ⓘ folklore studies ⓘ sociology of the family ⓘ |
| givenName | Elsie ⓘ |
| memberOf | American Anthropological Association ⓘ |
| mother | Lucy Madison Worthington ⓘ |
| movement |
first-wave feminism
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progressivism ⓘ |
| name | Elsie Clews Parsons self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advocacy of feminist and progressive social ideas
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early use of ethnographic fieldwork in the United States ⓘ pioneering work on African American folklore ⓘ pioneering work on Native American cultures ⓘ |
| notableWork |
American Indian Life
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Fear and Conventionality ⓘ Folk-Lore of the Sea Islands, South Carolina ⓘ Native American religions ⓘ
surface form:
Pueblo Indian Religion
The Family ⓘ The Old-Fashioned Woman ⓘ |
| occupation |
anthropologist
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folklorist ⓘ sociologist ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | New York City ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | New York City ⓘ |
| positionHeld | president of the American Anthropological Association ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | Herbert Parsons ⓘ |
| studied |
African American communities in the Sea Islands
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Hopi people ⓘ Pueblo peoples ⓘ Tewa people ⓘ Zuni people ⓘ |
| workLocation | New York City ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Elsie Clews Parsons Description of subject: Elsie Clews Parsons was an influential American anthropologist and folklorist known for her pioneering work on Native American and African American cultures and for advancing feminist and progressive social ideas in the early 20th century.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Elsie Worthington Clews Parsons