Ellen Irene Diggs (1906–1998) was an American anthropologist. She was the writer of a major contribution to African American history, Black Chronology: From 4,000 B.C. to the Abolition of the Slave Trade.[1]

Ellen Diggs
Ellen Diggs as a high school student, from a 1923 publication.
Ellen Diggs as a high school student, from a 1923 publication.
Born1906
Monmouth, Illinois
Died1998
Academic background
Alma materMonmouth College
University of Minnesota
Clark Atlanta University
InfluencesW. E. B. Du Bois
Academic work
Main interestsanthropologist

Biography

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Diggs was born on April 13, 1906, in Monmouth, to parents Charles Henry and Alice Diggs and raised in a "supportive environment" that fostered her academic pursuits and other ambitions[2][3]

Diggs pursued her undergraduate work at Monmouth College and the University of Minnesota. She received her master's degree from Atlanta University where she was a research assistant to W. E. Burghardt Du Bois.[1] As Du Bois' research assistant, she aided in the research of five of his books.[3]

Works

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  • Black chronology from 4000 B.C. to the abolition of the slave trade, G.K. Hall, 1983, ISBN 9780816185436

References

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  1. ^ a b "Dr. Diggs Authors Major Black History Chronology". Frederick News Post. 20 April 1983. Retrieved 2 November 2015 – via Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ Proffitt, Pamela (1999). Notable Women Scientists. Detroit: Gale Group. pp. 133. ISBN 0787639001.
  3. ^ a b Gacs, Ute; McIntyre, Jerrie (1988). Women Anthropologists: Selected Biographies. University of Illinois Press. pp. 59–64. ISBN 978-0-252-06084-7.

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