Otelia Shields Howard

Otelia Roberta Shields Howard (Satumba 15, 1900  – Disamba 13, 1945) farfesa ce 'yar Amurka a fannin Turanci. Ta koyar fiye da shekaru ashirin a Kwalejin Jihar Virginia, kuma ta kafa jaridar makarantar, Virginia Statesman .

 Rayuwar farko da ilimi 
An haifi Otelia Roberta Shields a Petersburg, Virginia, 'yar James E. Shields da Otelia Jones Shields. Mahaifinta, shugaban makaranta, memba ne na farko a aji na kammala karatun digiri a Cibiyar Normal and Collegiate ta Virginia a 1886. Ta yi horo a matsayin malamar makaranta a Cibiyar Normal and Collegiate ta Virginia, sannan ta halarci Jami'ar Fisk, inda ta kasance memba na Fisk Pageant Singers kuma ta sami digiri na farko a Turanci tare da babban girmamawa a 1921.  Ta sami digiri na biyu daga Jami'ar Columbia a 1926. 

Ɗan'uwanta, James E. Shields Jr., likita ne da aka horar a Jami'ar Howard . Likitan jijiyoyi Audrey S. Penn 'yar'uwarta ce. 

 Sana'a 
Shields ta kasance memba mai rijista a reshen digiri na Jihar Virginia na Alpha Kappa Alpha,  kuma shugabar YWCA ta gida.  A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Ɗaya, a matsayin wani ɓangare na aikinta da YWCA, ta shirya Kwamitin Jin Daɗin 'Yan Mata da Ayyukan Mata na Majalisar Yaƙin Camp Lee da ke Petersburg. 

Howard ta koyar fiye da shekaru ashirin a makarantarta ta ƙarshe, wacce aka sake mata suna Virginia State College, ta fara aiki a matsayin malamar makaranta a shekarar 1921, sannan ta zama farfesa a shekaru da dama bayan haka. Ta kafa ƙungiyar girmamawa ta makarantar da jaridarta, Virginia Statesman a shekarar 1929. A shekarar 1930 ta fara bayar da lambar yabo ta Shields-Howard, kyautar ɗalibai ta shekara-shekara don rubuce-rubuce masu ƙirƙira. Ta kuma gyara mujallar Virginia State College Gazette da Catalogue, kuma ta jagoranci wasannin kwaikwayo na ɗalibai, gami da shirya A Doll's House a shekarar 1928.

 Rayuwa ta sirri 
Otelia Shields ta auri farfesa a fannin ilmin halitta Roscoe Conklin Howard a shekarar 1936. Otelia Shields Howard ta mutu a shekarar 1945, a birnin Petersburg, sakamakon matsalolin da suka shafi cutar sclerosis mai yawa .  An buga wani bugu na musamman na Virginia Statesman mai suna "In Memoriam" don tunawa da ita, a watan Maris na shekarar 1846. An ci gaba da bayar da kyautarta, sai kawai aka sake mata suna da lambar yabo ta tunawa da Shields Howard don Adabin Kirkire-kirkire.  Howard Hall, wani ɗakin kwanan mata da aka sanya mata suna a Jami'ar Jihar Virginia, an gina shi a shekarun 1960 kuma aka rushe shi a shekarar 2010.  

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Rukuni:Haifaffun 1900