Augusta Braxton Baker
 Augusta Braxton Baker | |
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| Rayuwa | |
| Haihuwa |
Baltimore (en)  , 1 ga Afirilu, 1911 |
| ƙasa | Tarayyar Amurka |
| Ƙabila | Afirkawan Amurka |
| Mutuwa |
Columbia (en) , 23 ga Faburairu, 1998 |
| Karatu | |
| Makaranta |
University of Pittsburgh (en) State University of New York at Albany (en) |
| Sana'a | |
| Sana'a |
librarian (en) |
| Employers |
University of South Carolina (en) New York Public Library (en) |
| Kyaututtuka |
gani
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Augusta Braxton Baker (Afrilu 1,1911 - Fabrairu 23,1998)[1] ma'aikacin laburare ne kuma mai ba da labari . An san ta da gudummawar da ta bayar ga wallafe-wallafen yara,musamman game da hoton Baƙar fata Amirkawa a cikin ayyukan yara.
Rayuwar farko da ilimi
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]An haifi Augusta Braxton Baker a ranar 1 ga Afrilu,1911,a Baltimore, Maryland.Duk iyayenta biyu malaman makaranta ne, wadanda suka sanya mata son karatu.A cikin yini yayin da iyayenta ke aiki,kakarta,Augusta Fax (wanda ta karɓi sunanta) ta kula da ita kuma ta ba ta labarin.Baker ta ji daɗin waɗannan labarun,tana ɗauke da ƙaunarta gare su a duk rayuwarta.[2]Ta koyi karatu kafin ta fara makarantar firamare,daga baya ta shiga makarantar sakandaren baƙar fata inda mahaifinta ya koyar,kuma ta kammala karatunsa tana ɗan shekara 16.Daga nan sai Baker ya shiga Jami'ar Pittsburgh,inda ta hadu kuma ta auri James Baker a karshen shekara ta biyu.[1]
Komawa tare da mijinta zuwa New York,Baker ya nemi canja wurin zuwa Albany Teacher's College (yanzu Jami'ar Jihar New York a Albany ),kawai don saduwa da adawar launin fata daga kwalejin.Eleanor Roosevelt,matar Franklin Roosevelt (wanda shine Gwamnan New York a lokacin),yana cikin kwamitin Albany Interracial Council (yanzu Albany Urban League).Misis Roosevelt ta ba da himma sosai don canja wurin Baker.Ko da yake kwalejin ba ta son shigar da Baƙar fata,amma ba su so su yi adawa da matar gwamnan,kuma an shigar da Baker.[3]Yayin da take wurin,ta yi niyya zuwa wata sana'a ta daban kuma ta rubuta, "Na gano ina son littattafai,amma ba na son koyarwa."[4]Ta kammala karatunta a can, ta sami digiri na BA a ilimi a 1933 da BS a kimiyyar ɗakin karatu a 1934. Ta zama Ba’amurke Ba’amurke ta farko da ta sami digiri na biyu a fannin laburare daga kwalejin.[4]
Manazarta
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedBritannica - ↑ Miller, Marilyn, ed. 2003. Pioneers and leaders in library services to youth: a biographical dictionary. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited.
- ↑ Chepesiuk, Ronald. 1986. Special report: a master storyteller. Wilson Library Bulletin 60: 28–29.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Miller, M. (2003). Baker, Augusta Braxston. In Miller, M. (ed) Pioneers and Leaders in Library Services to Youth: A Biographical Dictionary. (pp. 8-10). Wesport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, Inc.