ruby bridge life

ruby passing test: Industry vs. Inferiority

1960

while bridges were in kindergarten, she was picked to take a test that allowed African American to enter a white school and was told she passed in 1960. In Erikson fourth stage Industry vs. Inferiority children are given new social and academic challenges those given encouragement and succeed have a feeling of competence while those who don't receive support and fail feel inferior.

Ruby getting married: Intimacy vs. Isolation

1984

in 1984, Bridges married Malcolm Hall in New Orleans and later on decided to have kids. In Erikson sixth stage Intimacy vs. Isolation Erikson believes those with a strong sense of self will go on and have committed intimate relationships while those with a poor sense of self will go on lonely and depressed.

Bridges founded the Ruby Bridges foundation: Generativity vs. Stagnation

1999

In 1999 bridges founded the Ruby Bridges foundation her foundation was to promote the values of tolerance, respect and appreciation of differences. Through education and inspiration. In Erikson seventh stage he said adults need to create or nurture things that will outlast them. Those who complete this feel accomplished, and they contribute to the world while others who fail feel unproductive.