Lillian B. Rubin (1924–2014)
Autore di Worlds of Pain: Life in the Working-Class Family
Sull'Autore
Lillian B. Rubin was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on January 13, 1924. She graduated from high school at the age of 15, was able to obtain a secretarial job, and was married at the age of 19. She had a daughter and worked at various jobs for over 20 years before enrolling in college in 1963. mostra altro She received a B.A. in 1967 and a Ph.D. in sociology in 1971 from the University of California, Berkeley. After receiving postgraduate training as a psychotherapist, she began a dual career as a sociological researcher and a private therapist. She became a senior research associate at the Institute for the Study of Social Change at Berkeley, where she worked for many years while writing books. She wrote a series of popular books about the crippling effects of gender and class norms on human potential. Her books include Worlds of Pain: Life in the Working-Class Family, Women of a Certain Age: The Midlife Search for Self, Intimate Strangers: Men and Women Together, Just Friends: The Role of Friendship in Our Lives, Families on the Fault Line: America's Working Class Speaks about the Family, the Economy, Race, and Ethnicity, and The Transcendent Child: Tales of Triumph over the Past. She died on June 17, 2014 at the age of 90. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Race, Class, and Gender in the United States: An Integrated Study (1992) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni — 518 copie
Audacious Democracy: Labor, Intellectuals, and the Social Reconstruction of America (1997) — Collaboratore — 33 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Altri nomi
- Rubin, Lillian Breslow
- Data di nascita
- 1924-01-13
- Data di morte
- 2014-06-17
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Luogo di morte
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Los Angeles, California, USA
San Francisco, California, USA - Istruzione
- University of California, Berkeley
- Attività lavorative
- Sociologist
psychotherapist
author
professor
feminist - Organizzazioni
- Institute for the Study of Social Change
Queens College
American Sociological Association
Sociologists for Women in Society
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- Opere
- 13
- Opere correlate
- 2
- Utenti
- 756
- Popolarità
- #33,639
- Voto
- 3.6
- Recensioni
- 4
- ISBN
- 62
- Lingue
- 4