What is Sophie Bledsoe Aberle?
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}} '''Sophie Bledsoe Aberle''' (October 21, 1896 - October 1996) was an American [[anthropologist]], [[physician]] and [[wikt|nutritionist]]. She got a [[Doctor of Philosophy]] in [[Genetics]] from [[Stanford University]] in 1927 and a [[Master's]] degree from [[Yale University]] in 1930.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bailey|first=Martha J.|title=American Women in Science|url=https://archive.org/details/americanwomenins00bail_0|year=1994|publisher=ABC-CLIO, Inc.|isbn=0-87436-740-9}}</ref> As a [[Native American]], Aberle supported Native Americans in the southwestern [[United States]]. In 1951 President [[Harry S. Truman]] put Aberle to work on the first [[National Science Board]].<ref>{{cite web|last=National Science Foundation|title=A Timeline of NSF History|url=http://www.nsf.gov/about/history/overview-50.jsp|accessdate=April 16, 2011}}</ref> Aberle worked with the [[Bureau of Indian Affairs]] from 1935 to 1944. She then worked with the [[National Research Council]] until 1949. From 1949 to 1954 she worked at the [[University of New Mexico]].<ref>{{cite book |title= The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science |editor= Marilyn Ogilvie and Joy Harvey |year= 2000 |publisher= Routledge |location= Great Britain |isbn= 0-415-92038-8 |page= 6 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=LTSYePZvSXYC&dq=Sophie+Bledso+Aberle&pg=PR13 |accessdate= April 15, 2011 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> She worked for the Bernalillo County Indian Hospital until 1970. Then she returned to the University of New Mexico. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Aberle, Sophie Bledsoe}} [[Category:1896 births]] [[Category:1996 deaths]] [[Category:American centenarians]] [[Category:American physicians]] [[Category:American anthropologists]] [[Category:Stanford University alumni]] [[Category:Yale University alumni]]