Kathleen Romoli
Kathleen Romoli | |
|---|---|
| Born | Kathleen Martin December 5, 1897 Santa Rosa, California, U.S. |
| Died | July 16, 1979 (aged 81) Bogotá, Colombia |
| Occupations |
|
| Spouses | Ralph Cahoon Whitnack
(died 1919)Guglielmo Reiss Romoli
(m. 1920, divorced)William Avery
(m. 1950; died 1953) |
| Children | 1 |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship (1943) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Colombian studies |
Kathleen Romoli (née Martin; December 5, 1897 – July 16, 1979) was an American anthropologist, historian, and filmmaker. After making a promotional film for the Gold Platinum mining company, she decided to move to anthropology. She wrote Colombia: Gateway to South America (1941), Balboa of Darien: Discoverer of the Pacific (1953), and Los de la lengua cueva (1987).