Virginia C. Purdy

Virginia Cardwell Purdy (an haife ta a ranar 1 ga watan Agusta, na shekara ta 1922 - 22 ga Mayu, 2015) ta kasance mai adana bayanai kuma Masaniyar tarihi a Cibiyar Kula da Tarihi ta Kasa (NARA).  name="obit"> Ta kasance Fellow na Society of American Archivists kuma edita ce ta mujallar The American Archivist (1978-1980).  name="saa">

 Rayuwa ta mutum 
An haifi Purdy a Columbia, South Carolina .  name="nara"> A shekara ta 1942, ta sami digiri na farko na Arts daga Jami'ar South Carolina . Ta koyar da ɗan gajeren lokaci a Kudancin Carolina kafin aikinta a NARA . Ta kuma sami MA (1960) da Ph.D. (1970) a tarihi daga Jami'ar George Washington . Purdy ta sadu da mijinta, Donald Roderick Purdy, a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu kuma sun yi aure a ranar 4 ga Yuni, 1946. Saboda mijinta masanin yanayin yanayi ne na Tarayya, sun zauna a birane da yawa a duk faɗin ƙasar har sai sun zauna har abada a yankin DC a shekara ta 1957.

 Rayuwar sana'a 
Matsayin farko na Purdy ya kasance a matsayin mai kula da ɗakin karatu a Laburaren Majalisa (1964-1966). Daga baya, a Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, ta kasance Mataimakin Masanin Tarihi (1966-1969) da kuma Mai Kula da Katalog na Hotunan Amurka (1969-70). A NARA (1970-1989), ta yi aiki a matsayin mai kula da nune-nunen, Darakta na Sashen Ilimi, Mai Gudanar da Littattafan Microfilms, da Kwararre a Tarihin Mata.

A shekara ta 1976, shekaru hudu kafin ta buga littafinta tare da abokin aikin NARA, Mabel Deutrich, Clio Was a Woman: Studies in the History of American Women (Harvard University Press, 1980), Purdy ta jagoranci Taron Tarihin Mata a watan Afrilu na shekara ta 1976. Kafin wannan taron, NARA ta gano jerin rikodin guda biyu kawai da suka shafi tarihin mata: rikodin Ofishin Mata da Ofishin Yara na Ma'aikatar Aiki. Purdy ya san cewa akwai rubuce-rubuce da yawa game da mata da suka wanzu kuma an manta da su ko kuma an yi watsi da su. A cikin aikinta na nuna muhimmancin waɗannan bayanan kuma ya sa hukumar, tare da al'ummar ajiya, su fahimci muhimmancin tarihin mata, ta zama sananniya saboda yadda take magana game da tarihin mata. Duk da cewa yana da irin wannan tasiri a tarihin tarihin mata, taron ya sami "bayani ne kawai" a cikin rahoton shekara-shekara na NARA, "alamu cewa tarihin mata har yanzu yana da hanyoyin da za a bi kafin a yi la'akari da shi a matsayin filin karatu. " Kratz, Jessie (March 30, 2016). "Virginia C. Purdy: Fighting for Women's History". Retrieved August 3, 2016. Ta wallafa kan tarihin ginin NARA da tarihin mata a Amurka ban da bayar da gudummawa ga ka'idar da aikin gudanar da adana bayanai  

 Daraja da kyaututtuka 

 Fellow, Society of American ArchivistsKungiyar Masu adana Tarihi ta Amurka

 Bayanan littattafai 
Clio mace ce: karatu a tarihin matan Amurka  / wanda Mabel E. Deutrich da Virginia C. Purdy suka shirya. Washington: Howard University Press, 1980. ["Tattafai da ayyukan Taron Tarihin Mata, Afrilu 22-23, 1976, Ginin Tarihin Kasa, Washington, DC"]

 Manazarta 

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