Elmer Lucille Allen

Elmer Lucille Allen (an haife ta a ranar 23 ga Agusta, 1931) ƙwararriyar mai fasaha ce ta yumbu da kuma sinadarai ta Amurka. A shekarar 1966, ta zama baƙar fata-Amurkawa ta farko da ta yi karatun sinadarai a Brown-Forman da ke Louisville, Kentucky,  kuma ta yi aiki a can tsawon shekaru 31. A shekarar 2004, ta zama ta farko da ta sami lambar yabo ta Gwamna ta Kentucky Arts Council a fannin Fasaha don Fasaha ta Al'umma. 

 Rayuwar farko da aiki 
An haifi Allen Elmer Lucille Hammonds a ranar 23 ga Agusta, 1931, ga mahaifiyata Ophelia Guinn Hammonds da mahaifinta Elmer Hammonds, a Louisville, Kentucky.  Mahaifinta da ɗan'uwanta (wanda shi ma ya koma wurin ƙaunataccen "Bud") an sanya musu suna Elmer kuma iyalin sun zaɓi su sanya mata suna Elmer Lucille (kodayake a gida danginta ma suna kiranta "Cile").   Ita da iyalinta suna zaune a unguwar Russell, kuma ta halarci makarantar firamare ta Western.  A lokacin, birnin ya rabu.  A wata hira da ta yi da ita, ta bayyana cewa "ba ta taɓa zuwa makaranta da fararen fata ba" har sai da ta kai ƙaramar kwaleji.  

Allen ta yi karatunta na farko a fannin zane-zane, a aji na bakwai a Makarantar Sakandare ta Madison Street Junior High School. Ta bayyana a wata hira cewa mai zane ta farko da ta gane da ita ita ce malamarta, Ms. Hattie Figg, wacce ta koyar da zane a makarantar sakandare ta firamare. Ta koyi sana'o'i da yawa masu amfani a makarantar sakandare ta firamare, kamar gyaran takalma, bugu, dinki, da aikin kafinta. Ta kuma koyi sana'o'i daban-daban a Plymouth Settlement House da kuma Cibiyar Al'umma ta Presbyterian. Ita ma 'yar Scout ce, kuma wannan aikin ya kara mata sha'awar zane-zane.

Allen ta kammala karatunta daga Makarantar Sakandare ta Tsakiya a shekarar 1949, a lokacin da mata 'yan Afirka-Amurka ba su da damarmaki sosai. Ta halarci Kwalejin Municipal ta Louisville, wata makarantar horar da 'yan Afirka baki ɗaya (wani ɓangare na Jami'ar Louisville ) daga 1949 zuwa 1951 sannan ta koma Kwalejin Nazareth (wanda yanzu Jami'ar Spalding ce) inda take ɗaya daga cikin ɗaliban Baƙar fata kaɗan. [1] Ta yi aiki a matsayin mai kula da jarirai da kuma mai tsaftace gida don taimakawa wajen biyan kuɗin kwaleji. [2] Ta kammala karatunta da digirin farko na Kimiyya daga Kwalejin Nazareth a 1953. [1]

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