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Frances Toor

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Frances Toor (1890–1956) was an American author, publisher, anthropologist and ethnographer who wrote mainly about Mexico and Mexican indigenous cultures.[1][2] She earned a B.A. and an M.A. in anthropology from University of California at Berkeley. She moved to Mexico City in 1922. In 1925, she founded the journal Mexican Folkways (published until 1937).[3]

References

  1. ^ "Frances Toor and "Mexican Folkways"". Inside México. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Toor, Frances (1890–1956)". Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. 2002. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  3. ^ Toor, Frances (1925). "Mexican Folkways". Mexican Folkways. Retrieved March 5, 2016.