Dorothy Demetracopolou Lee (1905– April 18, 1975) was an American anthropologist, author and philosopher of cultural anthropology.
Born in Constantinople, capital of the Ottoman Empire, she was Greek by birth and was educated, married, and raised her four children in the U.S.[1] Her husband was American philosopher Otis Hamilton Lee (1905-1948).
Dr. Lee has written about the languages of the Wintu, Hopi, Tikopia, Trobriand, and many other cultures.
Of particular significance is her theoretically innovative 1950 article "Lineal and Nonlineal Codifications of Reality," first published in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine No.12, pp. 89–97.
[6] Less well-known are her essays that employ anthropological data to explore questions of individual autonomy, the joy of participation, equality of opportunity, freedom and responsibility.