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<mods:title>Elizabeth Jackson, class of 1945</mods:title>
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<mods:title>Elizabeth Jackson Phillips, class of 1945</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Jackson, Elizabeth</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Baker, Dorcey</mods:namePart>
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<mods:dateCreated keyDate="yes" encoding="w3cdtf">1987-10-30</mods:dateCreated>
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<mods:abstract>In Part 1, Elizabeth begins by talking about her high-achieving family. Educated at Harvard Dental School, her father was one of only two black dentists in Providence at that time. He was additionally active in the NAACP and a variety of community programs, pushing the same expectations he had for himself onto his daughter. Elizabeth discusses the inevitability of pursuing a PhD; her lack of choice in choosing Pembroke; and being a highly visible token among her classmates. She explains her experience interacting with white people who were uncomfortable around her; feeling like a second class citizen as a “city girl” and her brief stint in the dormitories. Outside of those social experiences, she participated in Question Club, the YWCA, and in a number of community service leagues. After, she discusses those who influenced her, namely, Dean Morriss who encouraged her to get away from home before going to graduate school and Professor Buckley, her unforgettable sociology professor. In Part 2, Elizabeth discusses her life after Pembroke. Her first year was spent in Philadelphia, where she worked for the American Friends Service Committee for nine months. Afterward, she received her MSW from the University of Pittsburgh, where she had a tense relationship with her advisor. Elizabeth then explains her time spent as a community Organizer; working in Chicago; transitioning to her position at Wayne State University; meeting her husband and the boredom of maternity leave. She elaborates, continuing to speak about her father, Lighted School House Programs, and her work with the Red Cross. In Parts 3 and 4, Elizabeth recalls the difficulty of juggling her various responsibilities, and her daughters’ insistence that she was neglectful. She discusses her subsequent reevaluation of her life, and her election to the Brown Corporation as a Trustee. In this position and in her marriage, Elizabeth explains that she felt she had different, invaluable life experiences (which her husband did not). She talks about her integrated life as well as the segregation and oppression that she sometimes felt. She ends by contemplating that the impact of racism (and sexism) was acted out in very different ways by her parents, her husband, and herself.</mods:abstract>
<mods:note type="biographical/historical" displayLabel="Class year">1945</mods:note>
<mods:note type="biographical/historical" displayLabel="Biographical note">Elizabeth “Betty” Jackson Phillips is known as Pembroke’s first black student. She remained the sole black student for over two years, but this did not stop her from being extremely active during her time there and in the years following. Phillips worked for the American Friends Service and received a National Urban League Fellowship to pursue an MSW at the University of Pittsburgh. She joined the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, continuing her interest in social activism. Taking positions with institutions such as the Red Cross and the Council for Community Services, Elizabeth finally took a teaching position at Wayne State University. Even in retirement, she continued her involvement with politics and education, both locally and in relation to Brown University.</mods:note>
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<mods:topic>Academics</mods:topic>
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<mods:topic>Activism</mods:topic>
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<mods:topic>Administration</mods:topic>
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<mods:topic>Children</mods:topic>
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<mods:topic>City Girls</mods:topic>
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<mods:topic>Civil rights</mods:topic>
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<mods:topic>Deans</mods:topic>
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<mods:topic>Dormitories</mods:topic>
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<mods:topic>Employment</mods:topic>
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<mods:topic>Family</mods:topic>
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<mods:subject authority="local">
<mods:topic>Integration</mods:topic>
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<mods:subject authority="local">
<mods:topic>Marriage</mods:topic>
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<mods:subject authority="local">
<mods:topic>Minority students</mods:topic>
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<mods:subject authority="local">
<mods:topic>Politics</mods:topic>
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<mods:topic>Professors</mods:topic>
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<mods:topic>Providence</mods:topic>
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<mods:subject authority="local">
<mods:topic>Race relations</mods:topic>
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<mods:topic>Segregation</mods:topic>
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<mods:topic>Social life</mods:topic>
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<mods:topic>Student activities</mods:topic>
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<mods:subject authority="local">
<mods:topic>World War II</mods:topic>
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<mods:subject authority="local">
<mods:topic>1940s</mods:topic>
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