Eliza Atkins Gleason

Eliza Atkins Gleason, (Disamba 15,1909 - Disamba 15,2009)  ita ce Ba'amurke ta farko da ta sami digiri na uku a Kimiyyar Laburare.A cikin 1941,ta kafa kuma ta zama Dean na farko na Makarantar Sabis na Laburare a Jami'ar Atlanta kuma ta ƙirƙiri shirin koyar da ɗakin karatu wanda ya horar da kashi 90 cikin 100 na duk ma'aikatan ɗakin karatu na Ba'amurke ta 1986.

 Ilimi 
An haifi Gleason a Winston-Salem, North Carolina,ga Simon Green Atkins da Olenona Pegram Atkins.Duk iyayenta duka malamai ne;mahaifiyarta malami ce kuma mahaifinta shine wanda ya kafa kuma shugaban farko na Kwalejin Jihar Slater,yanzu Jami'ar Jihar Winston-Salem.

Bayan ta sami digiri na farko daga Jami'ar Illinois a 1931, ta ɗauki aikin ɗakin karatu na farko a Louisville,Kentucky,a Kwalejin Municipal na Louisville,wacce aka fi sani da Municipal College for Negroes,inda nan da nan ta zama shugabar ɗakin karatu,ta bi sawu. na 'yar uwarta, Olie Atkins Carpenter,wanda ma'aikacin laburare ne a wannan cibiyar,kuma.

A cikin 1936,Gleason ta sami digiri na biyu daga Jami'ar California,Berkeley kuma ta koma Chicago inda ta sami Ph.D. a 1940 daga Jami'ar Chicago.Kundin karatunta,Kudancin Negro da ɗakin karatu na Jama'a:Nazarin Gwamnati da Gudanar da Sabis na Laburaren Jama'a ga Negroes a Kudu,an buga shi a cikin 1941 kuma shine cikakken tarihin farko na samun damar ɗakin karatu a Kudu, tare da mai da hankali kan Afirka. -Dakunan karatu na Amurka.Mai ba ta shawara shi ne Carleton B.Joeckel.

 Sana'a 
Daga nan ta dauki matsayi a matsayin darektan dakunan karatu a Kwalejin Talladega da ke Alabama.A cikin 1941 ta kafa kuma ta zama shugaban farko na Makarantar Sabis na Laburare a Jami'ar Atlanta.

Gleason ya bar Atlanta a 1946 don shiga mijinta - Dokta Maurice Francis Gleason - a Illinois,inda ya kafa aikin likita bayan ya yi aiki a soja.Gleasons sun yi aure a 1937 kuma suna da 'ya,Joy Gleason Carew,wanda yanzu farfesa ne na nazarin Pan-African a Jami'ar Louisville.Bayan stints a Woodrow Wilson Junior College da Chicago Teachers College,da kuma wani lokaci a matsayin bako lacca a Jami'ar Chicago,Gleason ya zama mataimakin farfesa a kimiyyar laburare a Kudancin Chicago reshe na Illinois Teachers College a 1964.

Gleason shi ne Ba’amurke ɗan Afirka na farko da ya yi aiki a hukumar kula da ɗakunan karatu ta Amurka daga 1942 zuwa 1946.A cikin 1978, an nada ta a hukumar kula da laburare ta Jama'a ta Chicago kuma ta zama darektan zartarwa na Asusun Black United na Chicago.

 Legacy 
Gleason ya mutu a shekara ta 2009 yana da shekaru 100. A cikin 2010, an shigar da ita bayan mutuƙar mutuntawa zuwa Kwalejin Fasaha da Kimiyya ta Jami'ar Louisville.

Ƙungiyar Laburaren Amirka ta ba da lambar yabo ta littafin Eliza Atkins Gleason na shekaru uku a cikin girmamawarta don mafi kyawun littafin da aka rubuta a cikin harshen Ingilishi a fagen tarihin ɗakin karatu,ciki har da tarihin ɗakunan karatu,ɗakin karatu,da al'adun littattafai."Eliza Atkins Gleason Book Award", American Library Association.
Category:Mutuwan 2009