Elizabeth+Higginbotham

By: Georgia Davis / Fall 2015

Women In Science Past, Present, and Future...



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Author: Peggy Kolm

__//**Overview:**//__ The purpose of this website is to give a very brief and general overview of the education and career of Mrs. Higginbothom. She provides a encouraging quote for both young and older folks alike. The information on this page is to bring awareness to readers that Higginbothom won the Black rose Award. There is also information about other awards she's received. You can also find link throughout the page that will lead you to other websites with more in depth information on Mrs. Higginbothom.

__//**Last Updated:**//__ Monday July 23, 2007

__//**Date Reviewed:**//__ December 1, 2015

__//**Reviewed By:**//__ Georgia Davis

__//**Accuracy:**//__ The information on this page seems to be true for the date that it was posted. There are no contradicting statements or false fact on the page.

__//**Clarity**//:__ The website is clear and straight to the point for the topic that it highlights. Very easy to understand.

**//__Ease of Navigation:__//** This Website provides many other links throughout the page that can easily direct you to more information on Mrs. Higginbothom or other key words on the page.

NASA



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Author: NASA

__//**Overview:**//__ This website is provided in a question and answer formatted style. This is enjoyable to the reader because it give you information straight from the person selected, rather than a journalist interpretation. The interview focuses on the education, what she likes to do in her spare time and what it was like during her space mission. The page does provide an options to make the font bigger.

__**Last Updated:**__ November 23. 2007

__//**Date Reviewed:**//__ December 5, 2015

__//**Reviewed By:**//__ Georgia Davis

__//**Accuracy:**//__ The information about Mrs. Higginbotham on this page is accurate simply because its coming directly from Mrs. Higginbotham.

__//**Clarity:**//__ To the average Joe, many of the terms and phrases used on this website can be confusing or hard to understand. This website would be more beneficial to scientist or engineers or people who better understand some of the technological terms.

**//__Ease of Navigation:__//** This Website does not provide any other links throughout the page that can easily direct you to more information on Mrs. Higginbothom or other key words on the page.

EVOLUTION Business and Technology Magazine from SKF



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Author: EVOLUTION

__//**Overview:**//__ This website is gives polite yet shallow account for the career of Mrs. Higginbotham. Its clear that the Magazine wanted to more to know about the Swedish astronauts that were in attendance at the International Science Festival in Sweeden, however it is nice that she was given some recognition. Its a very pleasant article.

**//__Last Updated:__//** December 5, 2007

__//**Date Reviewed:**//__ December 5, 2015

**//__Reviewed By:__//** Georgia Davis

**//__Accuracy:__//** All of the information on this page appears to be true and accurate.

__//**Clarity:**//__ This web page was very reader friendly and easy to understand. The article flowed nicely. and touched on a small portion from many factors of Mrs. Higginbothams life.` This would make a great article to use to introduce Mrs. Higginbotham to an elementary school class,

__//**Ease of Navigation:**//__ This website is easy to navigate through. It does not, however, provide any links to any other pages to learn more information about Mrs. Higginbotham. The site very user friendly.

SAVOY



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Author: SAVOY STAFF

__//**Overview:**//__ The purpose and focus of this website is not to elaborate on Mrs. Higginbothams career with Nasa, but to highlight her endeavors with the Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation. The website, very briefly, touches on the contributions that Joan has made. There are link for readers to share the story via social media and there is also a section of 'related stories" which highlight other inspirational and successful African Americans. This is not good article for anyone looking to find extensive information on Mrs. Higginbotham

**//__Last Updated:__//** October 15, 2007

__//**Date Reviewed:**//__ December 8, 2015

__//**Reviewed By:**//__ Georgia Davis

__//**Accuracy:**//__ All of the information on this page appears to be true and accurate.

**//__Clarity:__//** This web page was easy to understand. The article flowed nicely. and touched on a small portion from many factors of Mrs. Higginbothams life.`

**//__Ease of Navigation:__//** This website is easy to navigate through. It does not, however, provide any links to any other pages to learn more information about Mrs. Higginbotham. The is site very user friendly.

WOMEN with KNOW HOW AUTHOR:

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Author: Vilma Betancourt-O'Day

**//__Overview:__//** This website was very well written. It seemed as though the author really went into depth in her research to find really great and factual information. The article highlight her career, education, her personal life, and her role models as a child. The website has reviews of the article located to the right of the page. At the bottom of the article there are link to share the website on social media. This is a great website. Users who would find this website useful are, teenage girls and business professional women. The only thing that was disappointing about this page is that it doesn't provide an image of Mrs. Higginbotham.

**//__Date Reviewed:__//** December 8, 2015

**//__Reviewed By:__//** Georgia Davis

__//**Accuracy:**//__ The accuracy of this page is true in comparison to many other website and information

**//__Clarity:__//** This is a very reader friendly article. It can attract Business Professional women as well as teenagers or young ladies who aspire to go into a field of engineering or scientific studies

**//__Ease of Navigation:__//** This page is easy to navigate through. There aren't any link on the page that lead to more information so it is very clean and straight to the point