Mary A. McCurdy

Martha "Mary" A. Harris Mason McCurdy (1852-1934) alikuwa Mmarekani mweusi mtetezi wa tabia ya Kiafrika  . Alikuwa na kazi ya uandishi wa habari iliyojumuisha kuhariri gazeti la  "Women World".

 Wasifu 
McCurdy née Harris alizaliwa mnamo Agosti 10, 1852, huko Carthage, Indiana.  Mnamo mwaka 1875 aliolewa na JA Mason ambaye alijaliwa nae watoto wanne. Wenzi hao walikaa Richmond, Indiana na, baada ya miaka nane ya ndoa, JA Mason alifariki. Mnamo mwaka 1886 McCurdy alihamia Atlanta, Georgia kusini mwa Amerika . Mnamo mwaka 1890 aliolewa na Calvin McCurdy, waziri wa Presbyterian, na wenzi hao walihamia Roma, Georgia . Mchungaji McCurdy alikufa mnamo mwaka 1905, na mnamo mwaka 1910 Mary alirudi kwa familia yake huko Indiana.  Alifariki Juni, 1934, huko Indiana.

 Kazi 
McCurdy alishikilia nyadhifa mbali mbali huko Roma, Georgia ikiwa ni pamoja na Katibu Woman's Christian Temperance Union (Mwenezi wa Jumuiya ya Wanawake Wakristo ya Hali ya Kikristo )(WCTU) ya Georgia, pia msimamizi wa Kazi ya Vijana  wa Knox wa Kanisa la Presbyterian, na alikuwa akifanya kazi katika "Rome Branch of the Needle Work Guild of America, "ambacho kilitoa mavazi kwa maskini. McCurdy alikuwa mhariri wa gazeti la "Womens World",  Wakusudiwa wa gazeti hilo walikuwa wamarekani weusi  lilikuwa na nyenzo "za kielimu, maadili na kiroho". Jarida hilo lilimruhusu McCurdy kuendeleza sababu zake za kutosha na kiasi. Haley, James T. (1895). Afro-American encyclopaedia, or, The thoughts, doings, and sayings of the race,embracing addresses, lectures, biographical sketches, sermons, poems, names of universities, colleges, seminaries, newspapers, books, and a history of the denominations, giving the numerical strength of each. In fact, it teaches every subject of interest to the colored people, as discussed by more than one hundred of their wisest and best men and women. Illustrated with beautiful half-tone engravings. Nashville, Tenn: Haley & Florida. pp. 142–146.  McCurdy alifanya kazi na watu wa wakati wake Janie Porter Barrett, na Adella Hunt Logan kuendeleza sababu ya suffrage na haswa kuwashirikisha wanawake wa Kiafrika wa [Amerika]] katika harakati hiyo. 

 Kazi zilizochaguliwa 
Insha ya McCurdy juu ya "Wajibu wa Serikali kwa Negro" ilionekana katika hadithi ya James T. Haley ya 1995 Afro-American Encyclopaedia . Haley, James T. (1895). Afro-American encyclopaedia, or, The thoughts, doings, and sayings of the race,embracing addresses, lectures, biographical sketches, sermons, poems, names of universities, colleges, seminaries, newspapers, books, and a history of the denominations, giving the numerical strength of each. In fact, it teaches every subject of interest to the colored people, as discussed by more than one hundred of their wisest and best men and women. Illustrated with beautiful half-tone engravings. Nashville, Tenn: Haley & Florida. pp. 142–146. Insha yake juu ya "Kukosekana kwa Nguvu" ilionekana katika hadithi ya Haley ya 1897 Sparkling Gems of Race Knowledge Worth Reading: Mkusanyiko wa Habari Thamani na Mapendekezo ya Hekima ambayo Yatahamasisha Jitihada Tukufu kwa Mikono ya Kila Mwanaume anayependa Mbio, Mwanamke, na Mtoto . 

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