1930
Born to Irving W. and Mae (Bodin) M. in New York City.
1950
Graduates with a Bachelor of Arts in physics and mathematics, magna cum laude, from Smith College.
1958
Earns a Doctor of Anthropology from Columbia University.
1966
Marries Franklin C. Southworth on June 21.
1968
Teaches as an associate professor at the Herbert H. Lehman College and City University Graduate Center until 1973.
1974
Teaches as a professor at the Herbert H. Lehman College and City University Graduate Center until 2004.
1978
Publishes “Agriculture and Social Structure in Tamil Nadu: Past Origins, Present Transformations, and Future Prospects.”
1983
Publishes “Social Anthropology of Peasantry.”
1993
Publishes “Where Have All the Men Gone? and “Female-Headed/Female Supported Households: A Cross Cultural Comparison.”
1996
Publishes “Mixed Blessings: Women and Religious Fundamentalism.”
1998
Teaches as a visiting lecturer within the Achutha Menon Center of the Sri Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences.
2004
Is named professor emerita of the Herbert H. Lehman College and City University Graduate Center.
2004
Becomes chair of The Second Chance Foundation and continues in this role.
2021
Continues to contribute as a fellow of the American Anthropology Association and the Society of Applied Anthropology.
2021
Maintains membership with the Association of Women in Development and the Society of International Development, among other organizations.