Sister Marie Inez Hilger (October 16, 1891 - May 18, 1977) was an American Benedictine nun and anthropologist who was the first woman admitted to the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.[1] Sister Marie Inez Hilger was born in Roscoe, Minnesota, October 16, 1891.
[3] Sister Inez entered Saint Benedict's convent at the age of 17 in 1908 and pronounced her perpetual vows five years later in 1914.
[3] At the age of 74 in 1965, the National Geographic Society asked Sister Inez to study the Ainu people of Hokkaido while in Japan.
[2] She also carried out miscellaneous ethnological studies among several Plains, southwestern and Latin American tribes in her late career.
[3] Sister Inez received eight grants for research, authored 8 books and over 70 essays and articles during the course of her life.