Louise S. Spindler
About
Mary Louise Schaubel Spindler (1917–1997), known professionally as Louise S. Spindler, was an American anthropologist, author, and scholar. Working with her husband and collaborator, George Spindler, she primarily studied the Menominee tribe in Wisconsin and helped revolutionize the field of educational anthropology. She is the sole author of two monographs and four book chapters, as well as the co-author and editor of over 40 books and book chapters and 224 case studies. She was a professor in the anthropology department at Stanford University for nearly fifty years until she died on January 23, 1997 at the age of 80.
