Flossie M. Byrd

**Flossie M. Byrd** (8 ga Agusta, 1927 - 17 ga Maris, 2020) ta kasance masanin tattalin arziki a gida, masanin kimiyyar ayyukan iyali da masu amfani, malami, kuma shugabar farko kuma mataimakiyar shugaba a harkokin ilimi a jami'ar baƙar fata ta jama'a (HBCU), Jami'ar Prairie View A&amp;amp;M (PVAMU) a Prairie View, Texas . Ta koyar a makarantun sakandare na gwamnati na Florida da kuma Jami'ar Florida A&amp;amp;M da ke Tallahassee, Florida kafin ta koma PVAMU. Ta sami digirin digirgir a fannin Ilimin Tattalin Arziki na Gida tare da ƙananan yara a fannin ci gaban yara da ilimin halayyar ɗan adam da aunawa daga Jami'ar Cornell a 1963.   Abubuwan da ta fi mayar da hankali a kansu sun haɗa da ƙirƙirar ra'ayi, nakasa membobin iyali, da kuma kula da albarkatun iyali.

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Byrd a Sarasota, Florida kuma ita ce ta farko cikin yara 17. Ta kammala karatun digirin digirgir a makarantar sakandare ta Howard Academy da ke Monticello, Florida a shekarar 1944 kuma ta sami digirin farko na Kimiyya a fannin tattalin arziki na gida daga Jami'ar Florida A&amp;amp;M (FAMU), inda ta kammala karatun digiri na biyu a shekarar 1948. Ta sami digirin digiri na biyu a fannin ilimin tattalin arziki na gida daga Jami'ar Jihar Pennsylvania a shekarar 1954, sannan ta sami digiri na uku a fannin Ilimin Tattalin Arziki na Gida tare da ƙananan yara a fannin ci gaban yara da ilimin halayyar ɗan adam da aunawa daga Jami'ar Cornell a shekarar 1963.   Takardar digirin digirgir ɗinta mai taken, *"Nazarin bincike kan fahimtar matasan farko game da wasu ra'ayoyi a fannin ci gaban yara."*

## Sana'a
Byrd ta fara aikinta a shekarar 1948 tana koyar da tattalin arziki a makarantun sakandare na gwamnati a Florida, sannan ta yi shekaru biyar a FAMU. Daga nan ta koma Jami'ar Prairie View A&M (PVAMU), inda ta yi aiki a matsayin shugaban Kwalejin Tattalin Arzikin Gida na tsawon shekaru 23. A shekarar 1991 aka naɗa ta mataimakiyar shugabar harkokin ilimi a PVAMU. An canza mata muƙaminta zuwa provost kuma mataimakiyar shugabar harkokin ilimi a shekarar 1993. Ita ce mutum na farko a jami'ar da aka naɗa provost. Ta yi ritaya a shekarar 1994 ta koma Florida, ta zauna a Monticello, Florida, inda ta zauna har zuwa rasuwarta a shekarar 2020.

Bayan ta yi ritaya, ta kafa ƙungiyar Flossie M. Byrd Endowed Fellowship a PVAMU ga ɗaliban da ke karatun aikin gona da kimiyyar ɗan adam. Ta kuma buga littattafai biyu bayan ta yi ritaya: *Ilimi a Gundumar Jefferson a Historical Perspective* da *Echoes of a Quieter Time.* 

### Daraja da kyaututtuka
Byrd ta lashe kyaututtuka da lakabi da dama saboda aikinta. A shekarar 1990, ta sami lambar yabo ta musamman daga Ƙungiyar Tattalin Arzikin Gida ta Amurka (wanda yanzu ita ce Ƙungiyar Kimiyyar Iyali da Masu Amfani da Kaya ta Amurka ). Ta kuma riƙe muƙaman shugabar Majalisar Gudanarwa ta Ƙasa ta Tattalin Arzikin Gida (1971–1972), shugabar Ƙungiyar Masu Gudanarwa na Tattalin Arzikin Gida (1981–83), da kuma mataimakiyar shugabar ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙungiyar Tattalin Arzikin Gida ta Amurka (1985–1987).   Ta kuma kasance farfesa mai ba da shawara kan tattalin arziki na gida a Jami'ar Jihar Oregon, ta sami lambar yabo ta ɗalibi mai daraja ta Jami'ar Florida A&M, kuma an shigar da ita cikin Gidan Tarihi na Musamman na Noma da Tattalin Arzikin Gida na FAMU. Ita kuma memba ce ta Golden Life ta Delta Sigma Theta . Bayan ritaya, ta yi aiki a matsayin masanin tarihi, sakatare da shugaba, kuma a cikin kwamitin zaɓe na Ƙungiyar Malaman da suka Yi Ritaya ta Florida (FREA); a shekarar 1998 an naɗa ta a matsayin Mai Ba da Agaji na FREA na Shekara. 

## Littattafai

*   Cornell University. Dissertation.
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## Manazarta