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Collins, Patricia Hill
1948—
Sociologist, educator
Sociologist and scholar Patricia Hill Collins began learning about the complex interactions between class, race, and gender as an African-American girl growing up in a working-class Philadelphia neighborhood during the 1950s.
Patricia hill collins bio
Having learned about the power of education from her mother, Collins not only became the first member of her family to graduate from college, but continued to work hard to earn both her master's and doctoral degrees. As a student and a teacher of sociology, she has devoted her career to examining the ways that issues of race, gender, and class affect people's lives.
As a result of her years of study, teaching, and extensive writing, Collins has become one of the most respected and innovative social theorists in the United States, becoming in 2008 the first black woman to head the American Sociological Association.
Collins was born Patricia Hill on May 1, 1948, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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