Frances Clarke Sayers

Frances Clarke Sayers
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Topeka (en) , 4 Satumba 1897
ƙasa	Tarayyar Amurka
Mutuwa	Ojai (en) , 24 ga Yuni, 1989
Yanayin mutuwa	(Bugun jini)
Karatu
Makaranta	University of Texas at Austin (en)
Sana'a
Sana'a	librarian (en) , Marubiyar yara da marubuci
Employers	University of California, Los Angeles (en) Library of Congress (en) University of California, Berkeley (en) New York Public Library (en)
Kyaututtuka	gani Library Hall of Fame  (1999) Regina Medal  (1973) California Library Hall of Fame Joseph W. Lippincott Award  (1965)

Frances Clarke Sayers (Satumba 4, 1897 - Yuni 24, 1989)ma'aikaciyar laburare ce na yara Ba'amurke, marubuciyar littattafan yara,kuma malami kan adabin yara.A cikin 1999,Dakunan karatu na Amurka sun sanya mata suna daya daga cikin "Mafi Muhimman Shugabanni 100 da Muke da su a Karni na 20".

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Frances Clarke Sayers

An haifi Frances Clarke a ranar 4 ga Satumba, 1897,a Topeka, Kansas,ga iyaye Oscar Lincoln Clarke da Marian Busby.Lokacin da take ƙarama ta ƙaura tare da danginta zuwa Galveston,Texas,wanda daga baya zai tabbatar da zama babban tushen kwarin gwiwa ga littattafan yara da yawa.A cikin wata maƙala da aka buga a cikin Satumba 15,1956,edition of Library Journal,ta tuna game da wata mace da ke ba ta labarin Mutumin Gingerbread.Sayers ya ce, "Ba zan iya tunawa sunanta ba,amma idanunta sun yi launin ruwan kasa,gashin kanta daidai inuwar idanuwanta ne,gajarta ce kuma mai tsiro,kuma zan san muryarta idan har na ji a cikin aljanna."

Sana'a

Yayin da take a farkon shekarunta ta ƙaunaci fasahar ba da labari,ba sai lokacin da ta kai shekaru goma sha biyu ba,lokacin da ta karanta wani labarin a cikin St.Nicholas Magazine game da hidima ga yara a cikin Laburaren Jama'a na New York,cewa Frances Clarke ta yanke shawarar zama ma'aikacin laburare na yara.Ta halarci Jami'ar Texas a Austin,amma bayan da ta yi shekaru biyu kacal a can ta tafi don halartar Makarantar Laburare ta Carnegie a Pittsburgh saboda wannan jami'ar "an lura da ita ga ma'aikatanta masu sadaukarwa da kuma imani da daukar littattafai ga yara a duk inda suke".Bayan kammala karatun,ta fara aikinta a cikin ɗakin karatu lokacin da Anne Carroll Moore, Mai kula da Sashen Ayyuka tare da Yara a Makarantar Jama'a ta New York,ta gayyace ta zuwa aiki a can.

A cikin 1923,bayan shekaru biyar tare da NYPL, Frances Clarke ta yanke shawarar ƙaura zuwa California don zama kusa da danginta.A nan ne ta auri abokinta Alfred HP Sayers.Ma'auratan sun koma Chicago inda Alfred Sayers ya mallaki kantin sayar da littattafai.A Birnin Chicago,Sayers ya taimaka wa mijinta ya gudanar da kantin sayar da littattafansa kuma ya yi aiki na ɗan lokaci a matsayin mataimakiyar edita na Ƙungiyar Lantarki ta Amirka.Abin baƙin ciki,Babban Mawuyacin ya haifar da rashin kasuwanci ga kantin sayar da littattafai na Sayers kuma sun yanke shawarar komawa California.Ba da da ewa Sayers ya fara rubuta littattafan yara waɗanda za su faranta wa yara rai da sihiri, da kuma manya, cikin shekaru. Littattafanta galibi na ɗan adam ne,galibi suna dawo da abubuwan gani, ƙamshi, da sautunan ƙuruciyarta a Texas.