"Our faith in the present dies out long before our faith in the future."

Benedict's work continues to hold its value as the strengths of her anthropological approach are appreciated by those professionals who share her concern with the impact on data of the researcher's position in her home society as well as with the impact on an audience of reported facts.

Ruth Fulton Benedict
Susan K. Hochman
Women's Intellectual Contributions to the Study of Mind and Society
Webster University

The Ruth Benedict Prize is presented each year at the American Anthropological Association's annual meetings in acknowledgment of excellence in a book written from an anthropological perspective about a lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgendered topic.
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Two best-selling books by Ruth Benedict:
Patterns of Culture
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The Chrysanthemum and the Sword
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A celebration of women writers
Digital Library Projects
University of Pennsylvania