Ariel Serena Hedges Bowen

Ariel Serena Hedges Bowen (3 ga Maris, 1863 - 7 ga Yuli, 1904) marubuciya ce 'yar asalin Afirka-Amurka, mai fafutukar kare kai, kuma farfesa a fannin kiɗa a Jami'ar Clark da ke Atlanta a ƙarshen ƙarni na 19 da farkon ƙarni na 20. Adabin Negro na ƙarni na 20 (1902) ya lura cewa "ana ɗaukarta a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin mata mafiya hazaka kuma mafi kyawun al'adu a cikin ƙabilarta."  Ta kasance memba ta rayuwa a Ƙungiyar Ma'aikatan Waje ta Mata ta Cocin Methodist Episcopal .

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A shekarar 1863, an haifi Ariel Serena Hedges a Newark, New Jersey inda mahaifinta, Charles Hedges, limamin cocin Presbyterian ne. Ya kammala karatunsa a Jami'ar Lincoln da ke Pennsylvania a shekarar 1869 kuma ya kafa coci-coci a Jihar New York. Mahaifiyarta ta wakilci ɗaya daga cikin tsoffin iyalan Presbyterian na wannan jihar.  Kakanta mai yin barna ne a lokacin yakin Mexico, kuma ya kasance mai tsaron girmamawa lokacin da Lafayette ya sake ziyartar Amurka.

Iyayenta sun ƙaura zuwa Pittsburgh, inda ta halarci Cibiyar Avery kuma ta kammala karatunta a wannan makarantar. Daga nan iyayenta suka ƙaura zuwa Baltimore, inda mahaifinta ya zama fasto na Cocin Presbyterian na Madison Avenue, kuma daga ƙarshe na Cocin Grace Presbyterian. An tura ta zuwa makarantar sakandare a Springfield, Massachusetts inda ta ci gaba da zama, kuma suka kammala karatunta da girmamawa a 1885. Ta kuma yi Kwas ɗin Malamai da Jarrabawarsu kuma ta ci jarrabawar da ta dace, daga baya aka ɗauke ta a matsayin malamar ɗaya daga cikin makarantun birnin. Daga nan ta koyar da Tarihi da Harshen Turanci a Cibiyar Tuskegee da ke Tuskegee, Alabama a ƙarƙashin Booker T. Washington . Ta iya karanta Girkanci, Latin, da Jamusanci. [ <span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2024)">ana buƙatar ambato</span> ]

A shekara ta 1886, Hedges ta auri Dr. John WE Bowen na Kwalejin Tauhidi ta Gammon da ke Atlanta.  Ta zama memba ta rayuwa a Ƙungiyar Mishan ta Ƙasashen Waje ta Cocin Methodist Episcopal. Ta ƙaura zuwa Atlanta tare da mijinta a shekara ta 1893, inda ma'auratan suka haifi 'ya'ya huɗu (ɗa ɗaya da 'ya'ya mata uku).

Bowen ya zama Farfesa a fannin Kiɗa a Jami'ar Clark a shekarar 1895, yana rubutu sosai a kan kiɗa ( Music in the Home ), haka kuma ya zama ƙwararren mawaƙi kuma mawaƙi mai piano da bututun organ.

Bowen kuma fitaccen mutum ne a cikin ƙungiyar 'Yancin Kai na Kirista ta Kudancin Mata, inda ya rubuta littafin 'The Ethics of Reform' kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban jiha na Georgia WCTU, No. 2.

An sanya wa cocin Ariel Bowen Memorial United Methodist da ke Atlanta, Georgia suna don tunawa da ita.

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