Historian Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham wins National Humanities Medal
Historian Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham wins National Humanities Medal
- September 4, 2015
- Vicki Ruiz, Chicano/Latino studies and History Distinguished Professor, is featured by the History News Network, Sept. 4, 2015
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From History News Network:
The National Humanities Medal honors Professor Ruiz "for her contributions as a historian.
In monographs and edited volumes, Dr. Ruiz has pioneered the history of twentieth-century
Latinas in a distinguished career that began with collecting oral testimony from Mexican
immigrants who worked in U.S. canning factories." Professor Ruiz received her Ph.D.
at Stanford University and is Professor of history at the University of California,
Irvine.
For the full story, please visit http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/160529.
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