Smith, Erminnie A., 1836-1886
Erminnie A. Smith, née Erminnie Adele Platt (April 26, 1836– June 9, 1886) was a geologist and an anthropologist at the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of American Ethnology. She has been called the "first woman field enthnographer" and she was elected the first female member of the New York Academy of Sciences on November 5, 1877.
Erminnie Smith published works on the Iroquois people, she was active in collecting their legends and employed John Napoleon Brinton Hewitt to assist in this work.
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