Background
Elizabeth Higginbotham was born on May 21, 1948, in New York City, New York, United States. She is the daughter of Leonard Russell and Shirley Belle Higginbotham.
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In 1971 Elizabeth Higginbotham received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the City College of the City University of New York.
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In 1975 Elizabeth Higginbotham obtained a Master of Arts degree from Brandeis University. In 1980 Higginbotham gained a Doctor of Philosophy degree from this university.
(How race, ethnicity, and social class shape the working l...)
How race, ethnicity, and social class shape the working lives, working conditions, and wages of women is explored in this collection of original research articles. With the emphasis on women from non-white or working-class backgrounds, Women and Work assesses women′s abilities to control their work environments, how they see themselves, and their options in the workplace. Throughout, the collection addresses such topics as the integration of work and family, women′s vision of their own work and consciousness as employees, and women′s resistance to exploitative and limiting work.
https://www.amazon.com/Women-Work-Exploring-Ethnicity-Research/dp/0803950594/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Women+and+Work%3A+Exploring+Race%2C+Ethnicity%2C+and+Class&qid=1599556167&s=books&sr=1-1
1997
(Drawing on extensive questionnaires and in-depth intervie...)
Drawing on extensive questionnaires and in-depth interviews with Black women graduates, sociologist Elizabeth Higginbotham sketches the patterns that connected and divided the women who integrated American higher education before the era of affirmative action. Although they shared educational goals, for example, family resources to help achieve those goals varied widely according to their social class. Across class lines, however, both the middle- and working-class women Higginbotham studied noted the importance of personal initiative and perseverance in helping them to combat the institutionalized racism of elite institutions and to succeed.
https://www.amazon.com/Too-Much-Ask-Black-Integration/dp/0807826626/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Too+Much+to+Ask%3A+Black+Women+in+the+Era+of+Integration&qid=1599556677&s=books&sr=1-1
2001
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This engaging reader is organized in four major thematic parts, subdivided into thirteen different sections. Part I ("The Social Basis of Race and Ethnicity") establishes the analytical frameworks that are now being used to think about race in society. The section examines the social construction of race and ethnicity as concepts and experience. Part II ("Continuity and Change: How We Got Here and What It Means") explores both the historical patterns of inclusion and exclusion that have established racial and ethnic inequality, while also explaining some of the contemporary changes that are shaping contemporary racial and ethnic relations. Part III ("Race and Social Institutions") examines the major institutional structures in contemporary society and investigates patterns of racial inequality within these institutions. Persistent inequality in the labor market and in patterns of community, residential, and educational segregation continue to shape the life chances of different groups. Part IV ("Building a Just Society") concludes the book by looking at both large-scale contexts of change, such as those reflected in the movement to elect the first African American president.
https://www.amazon.com/Race-Ethnicity-Society-Changing-Landscape/dp/1111519536/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?dchild=1&keywords=Race+in+Society%3A+Then+Changing+Landscape&qid=1599557184&s=books&sr=1-2-fkmr0
2006
Elizabeth Higginbotham was born on May 21, 1948, in New York City, New York, United States. She is the daughter of Leonard Russell and Shirley Belle Higginbotham.
In 1971 Elizabeth Higginbotham received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the City College of the City University of New York. In 1975 she obtained a Master of Arts degree from Brandeis University. Besides, in 1980 Higginbotham gained a Doctor of Philosophy degree from this university.
From 1972 to 1974 Elizabeth Higginbotham was a part-time lecturer at the University of Massachusetts Boston. In 1975 she worked as a part-time lecturer at Boston State College. From 1975 to 1976 she served as a part-time lecturer at the University of Massachusetts Boston. From 1977 to 1979 Higginbotham was an instructor at the University of Pittsburgh and an assistant professor from 1979 to 1981.
From 1981 to 1983 Elizabeth Higginbotham was an assistant professor at the Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation. From 1983 to 1992 she worked as a research professor at Memphis State University (now the University of Memphis) and an assistant professor of sociology and social work from 1985 to 1988. From 1988 to 1995 Higginbotham was an associate professor of sociology and social work at the University of Memphis.
From 1992 to 1994 she was an associate director of the Center for Research on Women at the University of Memphis and became an acting director in 1994, serving until 1996. From 1995 to 1998 Higginbotham worked as a professor of sociology and social work at the University of Memphis. In 1998 she was hired by the University of Delaware as a professor of sociology and criminal justice.
Higginbotham co-edited Women and Work: Exploring Race, Ethnicity, and Class with Mary Romero as part of the Women and Work: A Research and Policy series. The book collects eleven articles written by different contributors in which are analyzed issues involving race, ethnic background, and class as they affect women in both volunteers and paid jobs.
Higginbotham’s Too Much to Ask: Black Women in the Era of Integration is a study that follows the lives of fifty-six black, working-or middle-class women who attended colleges in the same northeastern town between 1968 and 1970. During the 1960s colleges began opening their doors to black students. Higginbotham analyzes how women’s educational experiences differed because of race, gender, and class. She also discusses how differing backgrounds, family beliefs in education, and individual ideals and goals helped or hindered these women in their quest for a college education.
(Drawing on extensive questionnaires and in-depth intervie...)
2001(How race, ethnicity, and social class shape the working l...)
1997(This engaging reader is organized in four major thematic ...)
2006Elizabeth Higginbotham is a member of the American Sociological Association, the Eastern Sociological Society, the Organization of American Historians, and the Sociologists for Women in Society.