Annie Bizzell Jordan Willis

**Annie Bizzell Jordan Willis** (30 ga Mayu, 1893 -  ) ta kasance mai koyar da addini a Amurka kuma mai haɗaka da al'adun addini na Universalist da kuma daga baya Unitarian Universalist .  Ita 'yar Rev. Joseph Fletcher Jordan ce, ministar farko ta Bakar fata 'yar Amurka ta Universalist. Ta zama malami kuma mai kula da Makarantar Horarwa ta Suffolk (SNTS) da Jordan Neighborhood House. Shekaru da dama, ta koyar da kuma tallafa wa ɗaruruwan yara da iyalansu, ba tare da la'akari da irin taimakon da take samu daga addininta ba. Rayuwarta da aikinta misalai ne na yaƙi da wariyar launin fata a ƙarni na 20 a Amurka da kuma addinin addini na Unitarian Universalist. Wasu daga cikin ɗalibanta sun haɗa da likitan tiyata na rauni LD Britt, mataimakin magajin gari kuma mai fafutukar kare haƙƙin ɗan adam Moses Riddick, da Mataimakin Sakatare na Kotun Yankin Suffolk Eula Williams, da sauransu da yawa. 

## Haihuwa da farkon rayuwa
An haifi Annie Bizzell Jordan a Louisburg, North Carolina . Mahaifinta, Joseph Fletcher Jordan, limamin Presbyterian ne, amma ya ji ya saba wa koyarwar azabar har abada. Lokacin da Annie ke da shekaru bakwai, ya bar hidimar Presbyterian. Shekaru biyu bayan haka, ya zama ɗaya daga cikin ministocin farko na Afirka-Amurkawa na Universalist. An sanya wa taron tunawa da Harper-Jordan na 2019 ga Black Unitarian Universalists, wani ɓangare, sunansa.  

A shekara ta 1904, iyalan Jordan suka ƙaura zuwa Suffolk, Virginia . Sun fara gudanar da Makarantar Horarwa ta Suffolk Normal (SNTS), wata makarantar mishan ta Universalist ga ɗaliban baƙar fata.  A shekara ta 1909, makarantar tana da ɗalibai 184 da malamai uku.  Young Annie ta fara aiki a matsayin mataimakiyar koyarwa a makarantar kuma ta fara aiki a cikin Ƙungiyar Kiristoci ta Matasa (YPCU).

Jordan ta halarci Kwalejin Ayyukan Manzanni ta Norfolk inda ta haɗu da Richard L. Willis.  Sun yi aure suka zauna a Norfolk, inda Jordan Wills ke tafiya daga Norfolk zuwa Suffolk don ci gaba da koyarwa a SNTS. A shekarar 1915, sun haifi 'ya mace, Dorothy, kuma a shekarar 1917, suka ƙaura da iyalinsu zuwa Suffolk. Ba da daɗewa ba Richard ya zaɓi komawa Norfolk shi kaɗai kuma daga baya ya shiga cikin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu .

## Makarantar Horarwa ta Al'ada ta Suffolk
A shekarar 1929, Joseph Fletcher Jordan ya yi rashin lafiya ya mutu. Tare da goyon bayan Universalists, Jordan Willis ya shiga aikinsa ya zama babban jami'in gudanarwa na SNTS. A matsayinta na babban jami'in gudanarwa, ta ƙarfafa manufar makarantar ta Universalist, har ma ta yi amfani da manhajar makarantun Lahadi ta Universalist don koyar da azuzuwan.

Makarantar tana cikin wani gini mai hawa biyu a kusurwar Titin Tynes da Johnson Avenue, kusa da wani kamfanin sarrafa gyada.  Iyaye baƙi da yawa suna aiki a can a aiki biyu waɗanda ke farawa daga ƙarfe 7 na safe zuwa 6 na yamma. Ayyukan makarantar suna da matuƙar muhimmanci ga waɗannan iyalai.

Jordan Willis da SNTS sun samar da muhimman albarkatu ga al'ummar Suffolk a lokacin Babban Mawuyacin Halin Kunci . Amma buƙatun al'umma sun fara wuce ƙarfin makarantar da ma'aikatanta. Cibiyar Universalism ma, tana fama da matsalar kuɗi. Saboda rashin albarkatunsu, shugabannin Universalist a Boston sun matsa wa Jordan Willis lamba don ya canza mayar da hankali kan SNTS daga ilimi zuwa hidimar zamantakewa . A wannan lokacin, makarantun gwamnati suna ba da ayyukan ilimi na haɗin gwiwa. Universalists sun yi tunanin cewa akwai buƙatar ayyukan zamantakewa mafi girma. Jordan Willis ya yi tsayayya da wannan canjin, yana son kiyaye shirye-shiryen ilimi na makarantar, amma daga ƙarshe ya miƙa wuya.

## Gidan Unguwa na Jordan
An sake wa makarantar Jordan Willis suna zuwa Jordan Neighborhood House, bayan Jordan Willis da mahaifinta. Ta fara samar da ayyukan zamantakewa kamar kula da jarirai kafin haihuwa, asibitoci masu kyau, da shirye-shiryen kiɗa ga matasa.  Makarantar renon yara ta ci gaba da kasancewa, amma shirye-shiryen ilimi da aka san makarantar da su sun ragu sosai. Tare da wannan canjin da aka mayar da hankali a kai, an cire Jordan Willis daga shugabanci kuma yanzu ana buƙatar ya bi umarnin shugabannin maza fararen fata a Boston.

A shekarar 1949, an ba wa sabuwar Kwamitin Ayyukan Universalist (USC) ikon kula da Gidan Unguwa na Jordan. Sun zuba jari a cikin ma'aikatanta da kayan aikinta, wanda hakan ya inganta dangantakar da ke tsakanin Universalists da Jordan Willis. USC ta kuma mayar da hankali kan ilimi - tana goyon bayan Jordan Willis wajen bude wani shirin makarantar renon yara na Head Start yayin da Ƙungiyar Mata Masu Universalist ta tallafa wa makarantar renon yara tare da matsayin darakta mai tallafi.

A shekarar 1961, bayan haɗewar Unitarians da Universalists, rikici ya taso game da yanayin aikin mishan na ɗan gajeren lokaci ko na dogon lokaci. A tsakiyar waɗannan rikice-rikicen, goyon bayan ayyukan mishan na dogon lokaci - don haka tallafawa Gidan Unguwa na Jordan - ya ragu sosai. Duk da cewa UUSC ta kafa kamfani don kula da Gidan Jordan, ba ta da isassun kayan aiki ko tallafawa ƙungiyar ko shugabanta. A shekarar 1967, UUSC ta zaɓi dakatar da tallafin Gidan Unguwa na Jordan.

Ko da ba tare da goyon bayan UUSC ba, Jordan Willis ta yi nasarar ci gaba da buɗe ƙofofin makarantar renon yara ta Jordan, tana kula da ilimin da ke can har zuwa lokacin da ta yi ritaya a 1974. Ta ci gaba da zama a gidan zama na makarantar har zuwa rasuwarta a 1977.  Kalmominta na ƙarshe sun kasance ga magajinta a makarantar renon yara ta Jordan: "Ku kula da 'ya'yana." Makarantar renon yara ta Jordan ta fi ta Jordan Willis shekaru bakwai, inda ta rufe ƙofofinta a 1984.

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