Harriet Josephine Terry
Harriet Josephine Terry (an haifeshi ranar 4 ga watan Fabrairu, 1885. ya mutu a ranar 15 ga watan Agusta, 1967). tana ɗaya daga cikin sophomores na shekarar 1908 na Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, farkon sorority da matan Afirka-Amurka suka kafa. Kungiyar ta ci gaba da samar da jarin zamantakewa na shekaru 105.

Terry ya kasance babban malami ne sama da shekaru 30 a matakin kwaleji. Ta yi wahayi zuwa sabbin tsararrun malamai yayin koyar da Ingilishi a Jami'ar A&amp;M na Alabama tsawon shekaru 37. Jami'ar ta ba da sunan zauren mazaunin mata don girmama Terry.  Sana'ar koyarwa a dukkan matakai na ɗaya daga cikin mafi ƙima a cikin jama'ar Afirka-Amurka.  An dauki ilimi yana da mahimmanci don ci gaba da ci gaba, kuma an ƙarfafa ɗaliban da suka fi dacewa su shiga koyarwa.

Terry kuma yana aiki tare da ƙungiyoyin ƙwararru, surorin gida na Alpha Kappa Alpha, da Ƙungiyar Mata ta Ƙasa.

Rayuwar farko 
Harriet Terry ta kammala karatu daga Makarantar Sakandaren Cornwall-on-Hudson, a New York a lokacin bazara na shekara ta 1906. Ta shiga Jami'ar Howard daga baya a wannan shekarar. Ita ce babbar kwalejin baƙar fata ta tarihi a cikin ƙasar, wanda aka kafa bayan Yaƙin Basasar Amurka. A lokacin kawai 1/3 na 1% na Baƙin Amurkawa kuma kashi 5% kawai na fararen shekarun da suka cancanta sun halarci kowace kwaleji.

Kafa Alpha Kappa Alpha 
Mata tara sun kafa Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority a ranar 15 ga watan Janairu, shekara ta 1908.  Terry ya kasance dan shekara biyu wanda shi ma ya nuna sha'awarsa. Saboda kyakkyawan maki, an karɓi ita da wasu da yawa a matsayin "manyan sophomores", ba tare da farawa ba. A ranar 30 ga watan Oktoba, na shekara ta 1908, an zaɓi Terry ma'aji na sorority.

An fara bikin ƙaddamar da farko a ranar 11 ga watan Fabrairu, a shekara ta 1909. A cikin fall a shekarar 1909, Terry ya fara a matsayin zababben shugaban sura.  Ta rubuta waƙar farawa ta Alpha Kappa Alpha, "Hail Alpha Kappa Alpha Dear."  

Harriet Terry kuma an zaɓi Sakataren ajin a shekara ta alif dari tara da goma. a Jami'ar Howard.  Ta kammala karatun digiri na farko a fannin fasaha mai sassaucin ra'ayi a watan Mayu shekara ta  1910, tare da maida hankali a cikin Latin, Ingilishi, Faransanci, Jamusanci, kimiyyar siyasa, ilmantarwa, tarihi, da ilmin sunadarai.

Sana'a da rayuwar jama'a 
Bayan kammala karatun, Terry ya zama shugaban Ingilishi da Tarihi a Makarantar Sakandaren Gloucester a Capahosie, Virginia.  A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na ɗaya, ta koma Washington don yin aiki a Ofishin Siyarwa da Bugun. 

Bayan yakin, Terry ya fara koyar da Turanci a Alabama Agricultural & Mechanical College, wanda aka sadaukar da shi don ƙirƙirar sabbin malamai. (Yanzu shine Jami'ar Alabama A&amp;M ). Ta zauna tare da jami'ar sama da shekaru 35, tana ƙarfafa zuri'a. Baya ga koyarwa a babban harabar, Terry ya horar da malaman makarantun gwamnati ta hanyar kwas ɗin Alabama A&M a Athens, Alabama da Limestone, Alabama. Samar da sabbin malamai yana da mahimmanci. Wani bincike a cikin shekarar 1900 ya lura cewa ana buƙatar ninki biyu na malaman Afirka-Afirka don isa ga ɗalibai masu zuwa da cimma daidaito tare da fararen malamai. 

Terry ya zama memba na Kungiyoyin Mata na Kasa, sannan ya yi aiki tare da ƙungiyoyin ƙwararru. Ta kasance memba na sintiri na Chapel na Holy Cross Episcopal Church a Normal, Alabama.

A cikin waɗannan shekarun, Terry ya ci gaba da kasancewa tare da Alpha Kappa Alpha. A cikin shekarar 1949, ta kafa Epsilon Gamma Omega alumnae babba a cikin Al'ada, Alabama, kuma ta jagorance ta a matsayin shugaban ƙasa. 

A cikin shekarar 1959, Terry ya yi ritaya daga koyarwa bayan ya yi aiki a Alabama A&M University na kusan shekaru 40. Ta koma Washington, DC, kuma ta shiga cikin Xi Omega babin ΑΚΑ. 

Terry ya ji daɗin tattaunawa game da adabi, sauran tattaunawa mai kyau, littattafai, da fina -finai tare da ɗalibai da abokai.  Ta rasu a ranar 15 ga watan Agusta,shekara ta1967.

Daraja 
Jami'ar Alabama A&M mai suna Terry Hall, zauren mazaunin mata, don girmama Harriet Terry, saboda sanin yawan gudummawar da ta bayar ga kwalejin.

Manazarta

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 Tarihin VCU
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