Willowdean Chatterson Handy
American ethnologist in Polynesian studies, author
About Willowdean Chatterson Handy
Lived 1889 – 1965 (aged 76). Willowdean Chatterson Handy was an American writer, ethnologist, anthropologist, playwright and librarian.
Willowdean Chatterson Handy (née Willowdean Chatterson; January 10, 1889 – November 5, 1965) was an American anthropologist and ethnologist in Pacific studies, playwright, librarian, and author. Handy was one of the Board of Regents for the University of Hawaii.
Life and career Willowdean Chatterson Handy was born on January 10, 1889, in Louisville, Kentucky, to parents Ida (née Cragg), and Joseph Marshall Chatterson. She graduated in 1909 from the University of Chicago with a Ph.B. degree, and took some courses at Radcliffe College. For four years Handy served on the Board of Regents for the University of Hawaii. She was a librarian for the Hawaiian Historical Society for ten years.
She died on November 5, 1965, in Honolulu.
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American ethnologist in Polynesian studies, author (1889–1965)
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Willowdean Chatterson Handy was born on 10 January 1889 in Louisville.
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Willowdean Chatterson Handy died on 5 November 1965 in Honolulu.
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Willowdean Chatterson Handy was a writer, ethnologist, anthropologist, playwright and librarian.
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