Dorothea Leighton, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetDorothea Leighton
American social psychiatrist
Date of Birth: 02-Sep-1908
Date of Death: 15-Aug-1989
Profession: psychiatrist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Dorothea Leighton
- Dorothea Cross Leighton (September 2, 1908 – August 15, 1989) was an American social psychiatrist and a founder of the field of medical anthropology.
- Leighton held faculty positions at Cornell University and the University of North Carolina and she was the founding president of the Society for Medical Anthropology.
- She and her husband, Alexander Leighton, wrote The Navajo Door, which has been described as the first written work in applied medical anthropology.
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