Esther J. Walls

Esther Walls (Mee 1, 1926 - Febụwarị 25, 2008) bụ onye ọdee akwụkwọ America na onye nkwado mba ụwa maka ịgụ na agụ. A maara ya maka ọrụ ya na New York Public Library yana ya na ndị Mmemme Akwụkwọ Franklin na-akwado mmuta na mba ndị ka na-emepe emepe gburugburu ụwa.&#x2D;

## Akụkọ ndụ
Esther Jean Walls mụrụ ma zụlite na Mason City, Iowa. Ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na 1944 dị ka Valedictorian nke Mason City High School, na-aga Mason City Junior College na Mahadum Iowa, gụsịrị akwụkwọ na 1948 summa cum laude nwere nzere bachelọ nke Arts na asụsụ Romance. Ọ bụ nwanyị Afrịka mbụ a họpụtara na Alpha nke Iowa nke Phi Beta Kappa na otu n'ime ụmụ nwanyị mbụ iji jikọta Currier Hall. Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ, ọ rụrụ ọrụ na Mason City Public Library tupu ọ gaa Mahadum Columbia wee gụchaa na 1951 na Master of Science degree na Library Science .

Ọ malitere ọrụ ọkachamara ya na New York Public Library dị ka onye na-eto eto na-ahụ maka ọbá akwụkwọ, na-ewebata ọrụ ọbá akwụkwọ maka ụmụ akwụkwọ ọrụ aka. N'afọ 1958, ọ mụrụ ihe ụmụ akwụkwọ ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị chọrọ. Ọ ghọrọ onye isi nke Clason's Point Branch na Bronx na Onye isi Ọbá Akwụkwọ nke Countee Cullen Branch na Harlem. N'oge ọ nọ na alaka ndị a, ọ lekwasịrị anya na nkuzi na mmemme iji soro ndị Black na mkpa ya na-emekọrịta ihe. A họpụtara ya ka ọ bụrụ onye nduzi nke North Manhattan Project, mmụba ọbá akwụkwọ n'ọtụtụ alaka Harlem iji jeere obodo ndị dara ogbenye ozi. N'oge ọ hapụrụ na New York Public Library, ọ bụ onye Africa America kachasị elu na usoro ahụ.

Walls gara Africa na 1959 na-eleta Ghana, Nigeria na Togo na ngụkọta nke nleta 25. N'afọ 1965, ọ gbara arụkwaghịm n'ọkwa ya na Countee Cullen Library ma nabata ọkwa na Franklin Book Programs iji kpalie akwụkwọ na ọbá akwụkwọ mmemme na mba ndị na-emepe emepe. N'oge ahụ, ọ gara Africa, Latin America na Eshia niile na-akwalite ịgụ na ide na ọbá akwụkwọ. Ọ rụrụ ọrụ a n'ọrụ gọọmentị ruo 1971, na-aga n'ihu dị ka onye ndụmọdụ pụrụ iche na Africa ma na-anọchite anya Franklin na nzukọ gọọmentị na nzukọ ọmụmụ ihe ụlọ ọrụ.

A họpụtara Walls ka ọ bụrụ onye ntụzi nke Secretariat U.S. iji kwalite UNESCO's International Year of Book. Ebumnuche nke mmemme a bụ ilekwasị anya na ọha ọha, gọọmentị, òtù mba ụwa na nke ụlọ na ọrụ nke akwụkwọ na ihe ndị metụtara ya na ndụ na ihe omume nke onye ọ bụla na ọha mmadụ..

* A họpụtara ya ka ọ bụrụ onye isi nke Teachers Central Laboratory na Hunter College na New York City na 1973.
* Site na 1975-1979 ọ rụrụ ọrụ dị ka onyeisi oche nke Kọmitii Ohere Ịha nhata nke Onye isi ala.
* Ọ rụrụ ọrụ dị ka Onye isi oche nke Young Adult Library Services Association, American Library Association; Onye isi oche of International Relations Committee, American Library Society;
* Ọ rụrụ ọrụ dị ka onye kọmishọna na onye otu ndị isi nke US National Commission for UNESCO; US Committee for UNICEF.
* Ọ rụrụ ọrụ dị ka onye isi nchịkwa nke ọbá akwụkwọ maka Mahadum steeti nke New York na Stony Brook site na 1974 ruo mgbe ọ lara ezumike nká na 1988.
* Ọ ghọrọ onye òtù na-aga n'ihu nke ALA na 1988.

Walls nwụrụ na New York City, dị afọ 81 mgbe nkụchi obi gasịrị. E nwere ihe ncheta na New York City. A na-eli mgbidi na Elmwood-St. Joseph Municipal Cemetery na Mason City..

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