Up home : one girl's journey
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Published
New York : Random House, 2023.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780593446003, 0593446003
Physical Desc
x, 204 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Bernards Township Library - Adult Nonfiction - New | 378 SIMMONS SIM | Available |
Bernardsville Public Library - Adult Nonfiction - Biography | BIO SIMMONS, RUTH J. | Available |
Chatham Borough-Chatham Township Library - Adult Nonfiction - New | 378 SIMMONS SIM | Available |
Morris County Library - Adult Nonfiction | 378 SIM | Available |
Morristown-Morris Township Library - Adult Nonfiction - New | BIOG SIMMONS | Available |
Subjects
LC Subjects
African American college presidents -- Biography.
African American women educators -- Biography.
Autobiographies.
Brown University -- History.
Prairie View A&M University -- History.
Simmons, Ruth, -- 1945-
Smith College -- History.
Women college presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Women educators -- United States -- Biography.
African American women educators -- Biography.
Autobiographies.
Brown University -- History.
Prairie View A&M University -- History.
Simmons, Ruth, -- 1945-
Smith College -- History.
Women college presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Women educators -- United States -- Biography.
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Published
New York : Random House, 2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780593446003, 0593446003
Notes
Description
"I was born at a crossroads: a crossroads in history, a crossroads in culture, and a geographical crossroads in North Houston County in East Texas. Born in 1945, Ruth J. Simmons grew up the twelfth child of sharecroppers. Her first home had no running water, no electricity to light the two crowded rooms, no books to read. Yet despite this-or, in her words, because of it-Simmons would become one of America's preeminent educators. The former president of Smith College and Brown University, and now the outgoing president of Prairie View A&M, Texas's oldest HBCU, for decades Simmons has inspired generations of students as she herself made history. In Up Home, Simmons takes us back to Grapeland to show how the people who love us when we are young shape who we become: We meet her caring, tireless mother who managed to feed her large family with an often empty pantry; her father, who refused to let racial and economic injustice crush his youngest daughter's dreams; the doting brothers and sisters; and the attentive teachers who welcomed Ruth into the classroom, guiding her to a future she could hardly imagine as a child"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Simmons, R. (2023). Up home: one girl's journey (First edition.). Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Simmons, Ruth, 1945-. 2023. Up Home: One Girl's Journey. Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Simmons, Ruth, 1945-. Up Home: One Girl's Journey Random House, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Simmons, Ruth. Up Home: One Girl's Journey First edition., Random House, 2023.
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