Myrtle Craig Mowbray

Myrtle Craig Mowbray (Maris 16, 1883 - Nuwamba 8, 1974),  name=":0"  wacce a da Myrtle Craig ce, ita ce mace 'yar Afirka ta farko da ta kammala karatunta daga Kwalejin Noma ta Michigan (daga baya Jami'ar Jihar Michigan ) a 1907. Daga baya ta zama malamar makaranta kuma farfesa a kwalejoji da jami'o'i biyu na baƙar fata a Kansas da Missouri .  Shirin Masana Mowbray a Kwalejin Daraja ta Jami'ar Jihar Michigan an sanya mata suna don girmama ta. 

 Rayuwar farko 
An haifi Mowbray a Adrian, Michigan . Mahaifinta ma'aikacin aika saƙo ne ga sakataren gwamnati a Lansing, babban birnin jihar.  Kafin ta isa East Lansing, ta kammala karatunta daga Kwalejin George R. Smith da ke Sedalia, Missouri, kuma ta shafe shekara guda tana malamar firamare a Missouri.  name=":0" 

 Kwalejin Noma ta Michigan 
Mahaifin Myrtle Craig ya shawo kanta ta halarci Kwalejin Noma ta Michigan (MAC) fiye da Jami'ar Michigan . Craig ta yi karatunta a kwaleji ta hanyar teburin jira da kuma yin wasu ayyukan gefe, kuma ba ta zauna a Ginin Mata a harabar jami'ar ba, ko dai saboda ba a ba ta izinin yin hakan ba ko kuma ba za ta iya biyan kuɗin yin hakan ba. Ta fara kwana tare da dangin Addison M. Brown, wacce ita ce sakatariyar Hukumar Noma ta Jiha, kuma ta yi aiki ga iyalin a matsayin mai dafa abinci; daga baya ta yi kwana tare da dangin mataimakin farfesa na Drawing Chace Newman kafin ta fara zama a Lansing.  Tana ɗaya daga cikin ɗaliban Baƙar fata 'yan Amurka huɗu a harabar jami'ar, kuma, daga cikinsu, mace ɗaya tilo, kuma tana ɗaya daga cikin mata 15 a cikin ajin 1907.  Yayin da Craig take ɗaya daga cikin 'yan Afirka 'yan Amurka kaɗan a jami'ar, ta yi tunani game da abin da ta fuskanta ta hanyar cewa, "Ban ji wani bambanci ba saboda launin fata na, akwai 'yan mata, amma ni talaka ne, ban sami lokaci ko kuɗi don waɗannan abubuwan ba." A lokacin karatunta, tana da alaƙa da Cocin AME da ke Lansing. Ta karɓi takardar shaidarta a ranar 31 ga Mayu, 1907, daga Shugaban Amurka Theodore Roosevelt, mai jawabi kan fara karatun .  name=":0" 

 Aikin koyarwa 
Bayan kammala karatunta daga Kwalejin Noma ta Michigan, Craig ta shafe shekaru arba'in tana koyar da matasan Baƙar fata 'yan Amurka a Kansas da Missouri. Daga 1907 zuwa 1910 ta koyar a Jami'ar Western da ke Quindaro, Kansas, sannan ta koyar da fasahar gida na tsawon shekaru biyu a Cibiyar Lincoln da ke Jefferson City, Missouri, a lokacin da ta baje kolin a bikin baje kolin Jihar Missouri na 1911, inda ta lashe lambar zinare mai launin shuɗi da sauran kyaututtuka na aikin fasaha na gida. Daga nan ta koyar na tsawon shekaru uku a Makarantar Sakandare ta Sumner da ke Kansas City, Kansas ; ta koma koyarwa a Cibiyar Lincoln daga 1917 zuwa 1922; ta koyar da makarantar firamare a Fulton, Missouri, daga 1922 zuwa 1934; sannan kuma a Cibiyar Lincoln daga 1934 zuwa 1947.

 Rayuwa ta sirri 
Craig ya auri Rev. WH Bowen a shekarar 1915, kuma ya auri George H. Mowbray a shekarar 1951. A lokacin rasuwarta a ranar 8 ga Nuwamba, 1974, tana zaune a Kansas City, Missouri . 

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Rukuni:Mutuwan 1974
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1883