Edwina Whitney

**Edwina Maud Whitney** (Fabrairu 26,1868 - Satumba 3,1970)ma'aikaciyar laburare ce Ba'amurke kuma malami wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan laburare a Kwalejin Aikin Noma na Connecticut (daga baya Jami'ar Connecticut ) daga 1900 zuwa 1934.Ta kuma yi aiki a matsayin malamin Jamus daga 1901 zuwa 1926 kuma mataimakiyar farfesa a Jamus daga 1926 zuwa 1934.

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
A cikin 1866,shekaru biyu kafin haihuwar Edwina,iyayenta,Edwin da Minerva Whitney, sun kafa Gidan Marayu na Connecticut Soldiers' Home a Storrs,Connecticut. Fiye da shekaru tara,gidan ya tattara kuma ya koyar da yara maza da mata sama da 150 waɗanda yakin basasar Amurka ya zama marayu. Babban ginin gidan marayun an san shi da Whitney Hall ko "Tsohuwar Whitney."Gidan marayu ya rufe a 1875 kuma an sayar dashi a 1878 ga maƙwabcin,Augustus Storrs.A cikin 1881,Storrs ya ba da gudummawar gine-gine da kadada hamsin ga Jihar Connecticut don kafa Kwalejin Aikin Noma na Storrs. Don haka Whitney Hall ya zama ginin harabar farko na UConn.

An haifi Edwina Whitney a cikin gidan Whitney,wani farin gida wanda har yanzu yana nan,akan Hanyar 195 a Storrs,Connecticut,a ranar 26 ga Fabrairu,1868. Mahaifinta ya rasu watanni kadan kafin a haife ta,ya bar mahaifiyarta tana gudanar da gidan marayu tare da renon diyarta.Edwina ya halarci makarantar sakandare a Storrs tare da gwamnan Connecticut Wilbur Lucius Cross na gaba. Ta halarci Makarantar Sakandare ta Middletown da Seminary ta Northfield kuma ta sami digiri na Falsafa daga Kwalejin Oberlin a 1894.

Whitney ya koyar da Jamusanci da Ingilishi a Kwalejin Milwaukee da ke Wisconsin na tsawon shekara guda kafin ya koma Connecticut don koyarwa a makarantar sakandare ta Windsor na tsawon shekaru hudu. A cikin 1900, ta kammala karatun kimiyyar ɗakin karatu a Kwalejin Amherst,tana karatu a ƙarƙashin William I.Fletcher. Daga baya ta halarci darussan bazara a Jami'ar Columbia.

## Sana'a da hidima
A cikin faɗuwar shekara ta 1900, Kwalejin Aikin Noma na Connecticut ta ɗauki hayar Whitney don sarrafa ɗakin karatu da kantin sayar da littattafai,sannan ta ƙunshi dakuna biyu masu ƙunci a Old Whitney Hall. Ta gaji Jessie Spencer Bowen,wacce ta yi aiki a matsayin ma’aikacin laburare na kwalejin tun 1897 kuma ta yi murabus lokacin da ta yi aure.Laburaren yana riƙe juzu'i 8,127 kawai a lokacin.   Ba ta da sarari,wutar lantarki,da kuma kasafin kuɗin ci gaba mai kyau na tarawa,kodayake yanayin ya inganta a ƙarƙashin shugabannin Charles L.Beach da George A.Works . 

Whitney ita ce mai kula da gidanta,wanda ya ƙunshi mahaifiyarta (wacce ta mutu a shekara ta 1927 tana da shekara 91)da abokiyar zamanta kuma mai kula da gida,Pearl Fisher (wanda ya mutu a 1955).An yi hayar a $500 a shekara,albashin Whitney ya haura zuwa $2,000 ta 1920 kuma ya kai $2,800 a 1929.

Mai aiki a kwalejin da al'umma,Whitney ta kafa kungiyar Mata ta kwaleji a 1903 kuma ta yi aiki a matsayin shugabanta na tsawon shekaru shida.Ta kasance cikin babin Mansfield na Jihar Connecticut daga 1901 zuwa 1940 kuma ta yi aiki a matsayin sakatare har zuwa 1903.Ta kasance memba na Ƙungiyar Laburare ta Amurka da Ƙungiyar Laburare ta Connecticut kuma tana halartar taronsu na shekara-shekara akai-akai.

A ranar 21 ga Maris, 1934,shugaban kwalejin Charles C.McCracken ya bukace ta da ta yi ritaya,wanda ta yi tasiri a ranar 1 ga Yuli.Ta sami yabo da yawa a lokacin ritaya.Jami'ar ta zartar da shawarwarin bikin hidimarta na shekaru talatin da hudu,kuma kwalejin ta ba ta matsayin ma'aikacin laburare na farko da digiri na girmamawa na Jagora na Wasika - digirin girmamawa daya tilo da aka baiwa ma'aikata a karni na farko na kasancewar cibiyar.An sadaukar da fitowar ta ranar 29 ga Mayu,1934 na *Harabar Connecticut*.Tare da shekaru talatin da huɗu na hidima,ita ce shugabar ɗakin karatu mafi dadewa a tarihin cibiyar (wanda ya zo na biyu, John P. McDonald,ya yi aiki shekaru ashirin).

Bikin zagayowar ranar haihuwarta na ɗari a 1968 ya samu halartar shugaban UConn Homer D.Babbidge da provost emeritus Albert E.Waugh,wanda ya ba ta plaque da cake mai kyandir 100. Ta samu gaisuwar hukuma daga Shugaba Lyndon B.Johnson,Gwamna John Dempsey,da Shugaban Kwalejin Oberlin Robert K. Carr.

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Whitney ta ba da gudummawar littafin tarihinta na 1901 zuwa 1952 ga Mansfield Historical Society a 1960.Littafin littafinta yana cike da maganganun acerbic game da ɗaliban da suke tattaunawa ko yin waje a cikin ɗakin karatu,tare da kuka game da tarurrukan malamai masu tsayi da kuma yanayin zamantakewar koleji na ma'aurata.Ba ta taba yin aure ko haihuwa ba.

Whitney ta mutu a cikin barci tana da shekaru 102 a Asibitin Natchaug Convalescent da ke Mansfield,inda ta rayu tun 1962.An shigar da ita cikin shirin dangi a makabartar Storrs,akan wani tudu da ke kallon harabar UConn.Takaitaccen tarihin mutuwarta a cikin *Hartford Courant* ya yi bikinta a matsayin "Matar farko ta Mansfield." 

An gina shi a cikin 1938,ɗakin zama na Edwina Whitney a harabar UConn's Storrs an sanya suna cikin girmamawar Whitney.Haka ɗakin karatu na Edwina Whitney ya kasance a cikin Ikilisiyar Majami'ar Storrs,wadda ta kasance majami'a na tsawon rayuwa kuma ƴan tarihi.Whitney Hall,mai suna bayan mahaifinta,shine babban ginin harabar farko.An hukunta shi a cikin 1928 kuma an rushe shi a 1932.

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