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Matilda Coxe Stevenson
Matilda Coxe Stevenson ("née" Evans) (May 12, 1849 – June 24, 1915), who also wrote under the name Tilly E. Stevenson, was an American ethnologist, born in San Augustine, Texas.
Life and career.
Born Matilda Coxe Evans, in 1872 she married James Stevenson (1840-1888), an ethnologist with whom she spent 13 years in explorations of the Rocky Mountain region. In the 1880s, the Stevensons "formed the first husband-wife team
Zuni tribe. The anthropologist Matilda Coxe Stevenson, who wrote about We'wha, hosted her on a visit to Washington D.C. in 1886 during which she met President Grover Cleveland. She was revered by her tribe for her skill at weaving and pottery, as well as taking part in community ceremonies and rituals. Her life was originally documented by anthropologist Matilda Coxe Stevenson in the late 19th century.
United States of America Early 20th century.
In 1908, the first American defense of homosexuality was published. "The Intersexes: A History