Ethel Alpenfels was born in 1907 and is known best as a teacher. She taught at some public high schools, and a few colleges. She was a professor of anthropology at N.Y.U. She taught anthropology but always spoke strongly against racism. She lectured around the country about racism. She also co-wrote a book on racism called Sense and Nonsense about Race.
She also earned many awards for her teaching and activism. She earned the teacher of the year award, the Woman of the year award by the National Organization for Negro Women in 1955 and an award from the Child Welfare League, just to name a few. She was such an influential women that she was put in the Who’s Who or American Women book.
Ethel Alpenfels died in 1981.
References
Who’s Who? Of American Women, 8th Edition, Chicago, IL, Marquis, 1969
Alepnfels, Ethel J, Anthropology Newsletter, 23:3, 1982
Written By: Kaitlin Astleford