Elizabeth Mooney Kirk

Elizabeth Mooney Kirk (Fabrairu 23, 1914 - Yuni 29, 2004), wanda mutane da yawa suka sani da "Betty", ta kwashe tsawon rayuwarta wajen haɓaka ilimin manya (adult literacy). Ta yi aiki tare da Frank Laubach ta amfani da hanyar karatunsa na "Kowane Koyarwa Ɗaya". Ta yi tafiye-tafiye da koyarwa a Indiya, Afirka da Amurka. Yayin da take aiki a Kenya, ta ba da tallafin kuɗi ga Barack Obama Sr. don a zo Amurka don yin karatu.

Kirk ta haɗa littattafai da yawa tare da Dokta Frank Laubach da ɗansa Dokta Robert Laubach, waɗanda har yanzu ana amfani da su don koya wa manya karanta Turanci. A cikin wannan rawar, aikinta ya haɗa da gudanar da makarantar kwana ta mishan a Indiya kuma tsawon shekaru biyu ta kasance shugabar wani aiki na gwamnatin Burtaniya a Kenya ta horar da malamai da manya su karanta cikin wasu harsunan ƙabilu.

Kirk da abokiyar karatunta Helen M. Roberts na Palo Alto sau da yawa suna taimakawa wajen samun tallafi ga ɗaliban Kenya masu alƙawarin yin karatu a Amurka. Wani labarin da Michael Dobbs ya rubuta a cikin jaridar Washington Post ya bayyana cewa Kirk ya ba da mafi yawan tallafin kuɗi a lokacin farkon shekarun Obama Sr a Amurka, kamar yadda tarihin Tom Mboya na Jami'ar Stanford ya nuna. An ambaci Kirk da Roberts a cikin littafin Barack Obama na shekarar 1995, Dreams from My Father (shafi na 427 hardcover). Roberts ya ƙarfafa da goyan bayan aikace-aikacensa na kwaleji da wasiku, yayin da Kirk ta ba da wasiƙun shawarwarin kwaleji.

Kirk da Roberts sun tara kuɗin da ake buƙata a Barack don tafiya zuwa Amurka.  

Kakan Kirk shine Addison Clark wanda, tare da ɗan'uwansa, suka kafa Adran Male and Female Academy wanda ya zama Jami'ar Kirista ta Texas. Ta sami digiri na biyu daga Jami'ar George Washington da Jami'ar Syracuse. A  shekarar 1960, ta auri Elmer LeValley Kirk. Sun zauna na wani lokaci a Yammacin Afirka kafin su koma California. Kirk ta koyar a makaranta a yankin Oakland shekaru da yawa kafin ta yi ritaya zuwa tsakiyar California.

 Tushe 

 San Luis Obispo Tribune 7/8/2004, Elizabeth Mooney Kirk Obituary
 Washington Post 3/30/2008. "Obama ya zarce rawar da Kennedy ke takawa wajen Taimakawa Ubansa" Michael Dobbs.

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Haifaffun 1914