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Frances Toor (1890–1956) was an American author, publisher, anthropologist and ethnographer who wrote mainly about Mexico and Mexican indigenous cultures. She earned a B.A. and an M.A. in anthropology from University of California at Berkeley. She moved to Mexico City in 1922, influenced by her husband, dentist Joseph L. Weinberger, who also served as director of the B'nai B'rith office in Mexico City. In 1925, she founded the journal Mexican Folkways (published until 1937). She would eventually be referred to as "the gringa folklorista."

References

1. "Frances Toor and "Mexican Folkways"". Inside México. Archived from the original on 18 September 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
2. "Toor, Frances (1890–1956)". Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. 2002. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
3. Toor, Frances (1925). "Mexican Folkways". Mexican Folkways. OCLC 1757236. Retrieved March 5, 2016.

External links

• Finding Aid for Frances Toor at the Online Archive of California
• Francis Toor / Por Diego Rivera. International Center for the Arts of the Americas Houston, Digital Archive.

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