Sarah Cowles Little

Sarah F. Cowles Little (Maris 6, 1838 - Janairu 16, 1912) malamar Amurka ce daga jihar Ohio ta Amurka. Ta yi aiki a matsayin Superintendent na Makarantar Wisconsin don Makafi da Rashin Rashin Ruwa a Janesville, Wisconsin . 

 Shekaru na farko da ilimi 
An haifi Sarah Cowles Little a Oberlin, Ohio, a ranar 6 ga Maris, 1838.  Mahaifinta shi ne Rev. Henry Cowles, D. D., farfesa a Oberlin Theological Seminary, kuma fitaccen masanin kimiyya, marubuci da allahntaka. An haife shi a Litchfield County, Connecticut, kuma ya fito ne daga tsohuwar iyalin New England na asalin Ingila. Mahaifiyarta, Alice Welch (ta mutu Oberlin, Oktoba, 1848), ta kasance shugabar sashen "mata" na Kwalejin Oberlin na shekaru da yawa. Ita 'yar Dokta Benjamin Welch ce, ta Norfolk, Connecticut . 'Yan uwanta biyar likitoci ne, sanannun a duk yammacin New England. Ɗaya daga cikin 'yan uwan, Benjamin, sanannen likitan tiyata ne wanda ya kirkiro kayan aikin tiyata. Little ita ce 'yar ta biyu kuma ta huɗu a cikin iyali. Ɗaya daga cikin 'yan uwanta mata ita ce Mary Louisa Cowles (1839-1859). 

Kamar yadda gidanta ke kusa da Kwalejin Oberlin, ana samun damar samun ilimi. Ta kammala karatu a karatun gargajiya a shekara ta 1859, tare da digiri na BA, sannan ta biyo bayan MA a cikin 'yan shekaru. Little ta fara koyarwa tana da shekaru 15 a makarantar gundumar da ke kusa da gidanta. Ta koyar a lokacin hutun kwaleji da yawa, kuma an yi aiki a matsayin malami a sashen shirye-shiryen Kwalejin Oberlin a cikin shekarun da suka gabata na iliminta.

 Ayyuka 
Bayan kammala karatunsa, Little ya koyar na shekaru biyu a makarantun jama'a na Columbus, Ohio, kuma a farkon shekara ta 1861, ya tafi Janesville, Wisconsin, don zama babban malami a Makarantar Wisconsin don Makafi da Rashin Rashin Ruwa, wanda Thomas H. Little shine mai kula. Sun yi aure a ranar 14 ga Yuli, 1862. Little ta ci gaba da koyarwa a kai a kai na wani lokaci bayan aurenta, kuma a wasu lokuta bayan haka. A lokacin da mijinta ba ya nan ko rashin lafiya, an ba ta ayyukanta.

Mijinta ya mutu a ranar 4 ga Fabrairu, 1875, kuma kwamitin amintattu ya zaɓi Little a matsayin magajinsa. Ɗaya daga cikin ƙalubalen da ta yi ya shafi babban ginin ma'aikatar, wanda wuta ta lalata a 1874. Ga wahalar ci gaba da aikin makaranta a cikin ƙananan wuraren da ba su da kyau an kara kula da gina sabon gini mai girma. A lokacin da take kula da ita, Makarantar Wisconsin don Makafi tana ɗaya daga cikin cibiyoyin da aka fi gudanarwa a cikin ƙasar, kuma an san ta a matsayin jagora a cikin al'ummomin ilimi. Ta ci gaba a matsayin shugabar makarantar har zuwa watan Agustan 1891, ta bar ta a ƙarshen shekaru 30 na aiki, fiye da 16 daga cikinsu a matsayin mai kula.

Baya ga sha'awarta ga ilimi, Little ta shiga cikin aikin Kirista na nau'o'i daban-daban. Ta kasance malami mai cin nasara na babban aji na Littafi Mai-Tsarki ga manya na shekaru. Ɗaya daga cikin 'ya'yanta mata huɗu tana yin aikin mishan, kuma ta haka ne Little ta ci gaba da sha'awar Gidan Oberlin don Yara Masu Wa'azi a ƙasashen waje, tun daga farkon shirye-shiryen kafa shi, kuma a buɗewa, a cikin 1892, ta jagoranci shi.

Ta mutu a gidanta a Oberlin a ranar 16 ga Janairu, 1912 .

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