After Benedict died of a heart attack in 1948, Mead kept the legacy of Benedict's work going by supervising projects that Benedict would have looked after, and editing and publishing notes from studies that Benedict had collected throughout her life.
Kiedy Benedict umarła na atak serca w 1948 roku, Mead kontynuowała jej pracę – nadzorowała prowadzone przez Benedict projekty, redagowała i publikowała zapiski zebrane w toku całej pracy Benedict.