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“Tisdale’s biography of Marjorie Ferguson Lambert is of significance as it not only focuses on the career of an important southwestern archaeologist, ethnohistorian, and museum professional, but it documents her struggle during an era when women had to fight to find their place in what was a man’s world. Tisdale successfully combines Lambert’s voice from extensive interviews with her own to take us on a delightful and thought-provoking journey into how Lambert created a successful and satisfying profession and personal life in a place she loved (the American Southwest) doing what [she] loved.”—Catherine S. Fowler, author of Dutton’s Dirty Diggers: Bertha P. Dutton and the Senior Girl Scout Archaeological Camps in the American Southwest, 1947–1957 “Marjorie Lambert spent a lifetime working as an archaeologist and museologist in Santa Fe, collaborating with Indigenous, Hispanic, and American peoples to learn about their histories, societies, and cultures. Devoted to her multifaceted community and region, Lambert’s career serves as a model for how women have had to create their own career paths in the face of unacknowledged bias, and as a result were professionally innovative and lived fascinating lives.”—Nancy J. Parezo, co-author of A Marriage Out West: Theresa and Frank Russell’s Explorations in Arizona, 1900–1903

Tisdale's biography of Marjorie Ferguson Lambert is of significance as it not only focuses on the career of an important southwestern archaeologist, ethnohistorian, and museum professional, but it documents her struggle during an era when women had to fight to find their place in what was a man's world. Tisdale successfully combines Lambert's voice from extensive interviews with her own to take us on a delightful and thought-provoking journey into how Lambert created a successful and satisfying profession and personal life in a place she loved (the American Southwest) doing what [she] loved. --Catherine S. Fowler, author of Dutton's Dirty Diggers: Bertha P. Dutton and the Senior Girl Scout Archaeological Camps in the American Southwest, 1947-1957 Marjorie Lambert spent a lifetime working as an archaeologist and museologist in Santa Fe, collaborating with Indigenous, Hispanic, and American peoples to learn about their histories, societies, and cultures. Devoted to her multifaceted community and region, Lambert's career serves as a model for how women have had to create their own career paths in the face of unacknowledged bias, and as a result were professionally innovative and lived fascinating lives. --Nancy J. Parezo, co-author of A Marriage Out West: Theresa and Frank Russell's Explorations in Arizona, 1900-1903

Tisdale's biography of Marjorie Ferguson Lambert is of significance as it not only focuses on the career of an important southwestern archaeologist, ethnohistorian, and museum professional, but it documents her struggle during an era when women had to fight to find their place in what was a man's world. Tisdale successfully combines Lambert's voice from extensive interviews with her own to take us on a delightful and thought-provoking journey into how Lambert created a successful and satisfying profession and personal life in a place she loved (the American Southwest) doing what [she] loved. -Catherine S. Fowler, author of Dutton's Dirty Diggers: Bertha P. Dutton and the Senior Girl Scout Archaeological Camps in the American Southwest, 1947-1957 Marjorie Lambert spent a lifetime working as an archaeologist and museologist in Santa Fe, collaborating with Indigenous, Hispanic, and American peoples to learn about their histories, societies, and cultures. Devoted to her multifaceted community and region, Lambert's career serves as a model for how women have had to create their own career paths in the face of unacknowledged bias, and as a result were professionally innovative and lived fascinating lives. -Nancy J. Parezo, co-author of A Marriage Out West: Theresa and Frank Russell's Explorations in Arizona, 1900-1903

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Shelby Tisdale, retired director of the Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College, is an award-winning author who has published more than forty book chapters, articles, and books on Southwest Native American art and women.

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