- She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously in 1979.
- Famous for her work "Coming of Age in Samoa" in 1928.
- Anthropologist whose research focused on inhabitants of islands in the South Pacific Ocean.
- Pictured on one of fifteen 32¢ US commemorative postage stamps in the "Celebrate the Century" series, issued 28 May 1998, celebrating the 1920s.
- Mead served as president of the Society for Applied Anthropology, the World Federation of Mental Health, and the American Anthropological Association.
- Mead was the first ever elected president by membership in 1974 for the American Association for Advancement of Science.
- Inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1976.
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