Vicki L. Ruiz
Vicki Lynn Ruiz (born May 21, 1955) is an American historian.
Life
Ruiz, who is of Mexican American descent, was born on May 21, 1955, in Atlanta, Georgia, and grew up in Florida.[1][2]
She completed her PhD in history from Stanford University in 1982.[3]
Career
She is currently a professor of history at the University of California, Irvine.[3]
She is a member of the Organization of American Historians and the American Historical Association (AHA), and was President of the AHA in 2015.[4][5]
Selected publications
Some of her books are:
- From Out of the Shadows: Mexican Women in Twentieth-Century America
- Cannery Women, Cannery Lives: Mexican Women, Unionization, and the California Food Processing Industry, 1930-1950
- Unequal Sisters: A Multicultural Reader in U. S. Women's History
- Latina Legacies: Identity, Biography, and Community
- Las Obreras: Chicana Politics of Work and Family
- Memories and Migrations: Mapping Boricua and Chicana Histories
- Latinas in the United States, Set: A Historical Encyclopedia
References
- ↑ "Ruiz, Vicki L. (1955–) - Chicana History". Contributed Articles. Online Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ↑ http://www.ocweekly.com/news/uc-irvine-professor-vicki-ruiz-pioneered-the-study-of-mexican-american-women-and-isnt-done-7965444
- 1 2 "Borderlands History Interview Project Presents Dr. Vicki L. Ruiz". Borderlands History. 6 March 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ↑ "Vicki L. Ruiz". The OAH Distinguished Lectureship Program. Organization of American Historians. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ↑ Matsumoto, Valerie J. "Vicki L. Ruiz Biography". American Historical Association. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
External links
- Official website at University of California, Irvine
- Vicki L Ruiz at Goodreads
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