--- title: "4 Elsie Clews Parsons Quotes" description: "Elsie Worthington Clews Parsons was an American anthropologist, sociologist, folklorist, and feminist who studied Native American tribes—such as the Tew..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b049/author-elsie-clews-parsons-71248.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Elsie Clews Parsons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b049/author-elsie-clews-parsons-71248.jpg) # Elsie Clews Parsons **4** quotes in **43** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Elsie Worthington Clews Parsons was an American anthropologist, sociologist, folklorist, and feminist who studied Native American tribes—such as the Tewa and Hopi—in Arizona, New Mexico, and Mexico. She helped found The New School. She was associate editor for The Journal of American Folklore (1918– ## Quotes by Elsie Clews Parsons > [A society's apprehensiveness about divorce is an expression of its fear of change and of its resulting desire that personality remain unvarying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elsie-clews-parsons/a-society-s-apprehensiveness-about-divorce-is-an-expression-of-its/) [Elsie Clews Parsons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elsie-clews-parsons/) [After divorce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/after-divorce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c92/elsie-clews-parsons-71248_after-divorce_a-society-s-apprehensiveness-about-divor_376940.png) > [Fear of change is a part of the state of fear man has ever lived in but out of which he has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elsie-clews-parsons/fear-of-change-is-a-part-of-the-state-of-fear-man-has-ever-lived-in/) [Elsie Clews Parsons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elsie-clews-parsons/) [Change](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/change/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a9/elsie-clews-parsons-71248_change_fear-of-change-is-a-part-of-the-state-of_1609415.png) > [Imitation both unconscious and conscious is par excellence the educational method of the family. It is plain that a considerable part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elsie-clews-parsons/imitation-both-unconscious-and-conscious-is-par-excellence-the/) [Elsie Clews Parsons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elsie-clews-parsons/) [Adaptation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adaptation/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/617/elsie-clews-parsons-71248_adaptation_imitation-both-unconscious-and-conscious_2395485.png) > [“When Captain Moresby landed on New Guinea, a medicine-man exorcised the evil spirit in him by magical jugglery with palm leaves and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elsie-clews-parsons/when-captain-moresby-landed-on-new-guinea-a-medicine-man-exorcised/) [Elsie Clews Parsons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elsie-clews-parsons/) [New Guinea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/new-guinea-1233983/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/418/elsie-clews-parsons-71248_new-guinea_when-captain-moresby-landed-on-new-guine_2796811.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elsie-clews-parsons/#itemlist", "name": "Elsie Clews Parsons Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A society's apprehensiveness about divorce is an expression of its fear of change and of its resulting desire that personality remain unvarying.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Elsie Clews Parsons" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elsie-clews-parsons/a-society-s-apprehensiveness-about-divorce-is-an-expression-of-its/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c92/elsie-clews-parsons-71248_after-divorce_a-society-s-apprehensiveness-about-divor_376940.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c92/elsie-clews-parsons-71248_after-divorce_a-society-s-apprehensiveness-about-divor_376940.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c92/elsie-clews-parsons-71248_after-divorce_a-society-s-apprehensiveness-about-divor_376940.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A society's apprehensiveness about divorce is an expression of its fear of change and of its resulting…” — Elsie Clews Parsons", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Fear of change is a part of the state of fear man has ever lived in but out of which he has begun to escape. 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