# Frances Toor

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**Frances Toor** (1890–1956) was an American author, publisher, [anthropologist](/source/Anthropologist) and [ethnographer](/source/Ethnographer) who wrote mainly about [Mexico](/source/Mexico) and Mexican indigenous cultures.[1][2] She earned a B.A. and an M.A. in anthropology from [University of California at Berkeley](/source/University_of_California_at_Berkeley). She moved to [Mexico City](/source/Mexico_City) in 1922, influenced by her husband, dentist Joseph L. Weinberger, who also served as director of the [B'nai B'rith](/source/B'nai_B'rith) office in Mexico City. In 1925, she founded the journal *Mexican Folkways* (published until 1937).[3] She would eventually be referred to as "the gringa folklorista."

## References

1. ["Frances Toor and "Mexican Folkways""](https://web.archive.org/web/20150918203840/http://www.insidemex.com/people/people/frances-paca-toor-and-mexican-folkways). Inside México. Archived from [the original](http://insidemex.com/people/people/frances-paca-toor-and-mexican-folkways) on 18 September 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2016.

1. ["Toor, Frances (1890–1956)"](http://www.encyclopedia.com/article-1G2-2591309315/toor-frances-18901956.html). *Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia*. 2002. Retrieved 5 March 2016.

1. Toor, Frances (1925). "Mexican Folkways". *Mexican Folkways*. [OCLC 1757236](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1757236)

## External links

- Finding Aid for Frances Toor at the [Online Archive of California](http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf7w1008h5/)
- [Francis Toor / Por Diego Rivera](http://icaadocs.mfah.org/icaadocs/THEARCHIVE/FullRecord/tabid/88/doc/760390/language/en-US/Default.aspx). International Center for the Arts of the Americas Houston, Digital Archive.

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