Thelma Davidson Adair

Thelma Cornelia Davidson Adair (29 ga Agusta, 1920 - 21 ga Agusta, 2024) malamar makaranta ce ta Amurka, shugabar cocin Presbyterian, mai fafutukar kare hakkin dan adam, zaman lafiya da adalci, marubuciya kuma mai fafutuka. Ta kasance mai himma tare da Church Women United, wata ƙungiyar kare hakkin mata ta Kirista. Davidson Adair ta kasance Dattijon da aka naɗa a Cocin Mount Morris Ascension Presbyterian na birnin New York da ke Harlem. Adair ita ce mai kula da Cocin Assembly United Presbyterian na 1976 a Amurka (UPCUSA). Ta auri, a shekarar 1940, Reverend Arthur Eugene Adair, wanda ya kafa kuma yarima na cocin daga 1943 har zuwa mutuwarsa a 1979.  

Adair ta kasance mai fafutukar kare ilimin yara ƙanana kuma ta taimaka wajen kafa shirye-shiryen Head Start a Harlem. Ta zauna a Harlem tun 1942 kuma farfesa ce ta meritus a Kwalejin Queens, wata kwalejin CUNY . 

 Rayuwar farko da ilimi 
An haifi Adair, Thelma Cornelia Davidson a shekarar 1920 a Iron Station, North Carolina, ɗaya daga cikin yara shida. Ta zauna a can yayin da take makarantar firamare. Daga baya iyalanta suka ƙaura zuwa Kings Mountain, North Carolina . Ta auri Reverend Dr. Arthur Eugene Adair kuma suka ƙaura zuwa birnin New York a shekarar 1942. Ya zama Babban Fasto na Cocin Presbyterian na Mount Morris United (UPC).

Adair ta kammala karatun digiri ne daga Kwalejin Barber–Scotia ( Concord, North Carolina ) da Kwalejin Bennett ( Greensboro, North Carolina ).  Ta sami digiri na biyu da digirin digirgir na Ilimi daga Kwalejin Malamai, Jami'ar Columbia . 

 Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu 
Kamar yawancin 'yan Afirka da Amurkawa, Adair ta shiga cikin yunƙurin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu a gida da waje. Ta yi aiki a masana'antar yaƙi. Ta duba bututun radar. Ita ma uwa ce ƙarama a lokacin. Ta bayyana abin da ya faru da ita:

 Sana'a 
Adair ta kasance mai shirya shirye-shiryen West Harlem Head Start Programs. A shekarar 1944 ta kasance mai shirya shirin Uplift na Mt. Morris UPC, wanda ya fara shirin Arthur Eugene da Thelma Adair Community Life Center Head Start. Cibiyar tana kula da yara sama da 250 a wurare daban-daban a Harlem. Adair ta buga kuma ta rubuta labarai da yawa kan ilimin yara ƙanana. Littattafan ta jagora ne masu ƙarfi ga masu koyar da yara ƙanana a duk faɗin Amurka. 

A shekarar 1976, an zaɓi Adair a matsayin Shugabar Babban Taron Cocin Presbyterian, mace baƙar fata ta farko da ta kai wannan matsayi, inda ta yi tafiya zuwa ƙasashe 115 a lokacin wa'adinta. Ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka kafa Presbyterian Senior Services na asali, kuma ta kasance cikin ƙungiyar "Least Coin", wata ƙungiyar addu'a ta duniya. Ta kasance shugabar ƙungiyar Church Women United daga 1980 zuwa 1984.  [ tabbacin da ya gaza ]

 Daga baya rayuwa da mutuwa 
An karrama ta a shekarar 2011 daga hannun ɗan majalisa Charles Rangel . Ta halarci bikin cika shekaru 50 na zanga-zangar Selma zuwa Montgomery a kan gadar Edmund Pettus . 

Adair ya mutu a ranar 21 ga Agusta, 2024, yana da shekaru 103. 

 Kyaututtuka 

 Kyautar Thelma C. Adair akan Ayyukan Manyan Presbyterian 
 Kyautar Tsoffin Malaman Barber-Scotia don Hidima Mai Kyau a Fannin Ilimi 
 Kyautar Tsoffin Tsoffin Malamai ta Jami'ar Columbia, Kwalejin Malamai 
 Kyauta Mai Kyau ta Asusun Kwalejin United Negro don Hidima da Jajircewar Ilimi Mai Girma 
 Wanda ya karɓi kyautar Matan Imani ta 1986 daga Cocin Presbyterian 
 1991 Mai karɓar kyaututtukan Ƙungiyar Malaman Presbyterian ta Ƙasa 
 Wanda ya karɓi lambar yabo ta 2008 a Kwalejin Barnard 
 Wanda ya karɓi kyautar Maggie Kuhn Presbyterian Church Award a shekarar 2011 

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Mutuwan 2024
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1920