Chapman, Charlotte Gower, 1902-1982

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Charlotte Gower Chapman was an ethnologist and an author. In 1928, she received a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Chicago. Later on while working at Lingnan University in China during World War II she was taken prisoner by the Japanese when the US entered the war, but was released by 1942. After, she joined the United States Marine Corps and worked in the Office of Strategic Services until 1947 when she became an employee of the Central Intelligence Agency until her retirement in 1964.
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referencedIn Chapman, Charles. Charles Chapman letters, 1841-1869. Connecticut Historical Society
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Kankakee IL US
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Birth 1902

Death 1982

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