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President Barack Obama's mother.

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(contracted; show full)Honolulu, where she attained a bachelor's of anthropology<ref>The University of Hawaii at Manoa Department of Anthropology says Ann Dunham received a B.A. in anthropology in August 1967 and contemporaneous correspondence in 1966 and 1967 between S. Ann Soetoro and the [[Immigration and Naturalization Service|INS]] makes repeated references to her obtaining a B.A. in anthropology in 1967.</ref> and master's and PhD in anthropology.<ref name="anthropology">{{cite journal

 
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}}</ref> She also attended [[University of Washington]] at Seattle in 1961–1962. Interested in craftsmanship, weaving and the role of women in [[cottage industries]], Dunham's research focused on women's work on the island of [[Java]] and blacksmithing in Indonesia. To address the problem of poverty in rural villages, she created [[microcredit]] programs while working as a consultant for the [[United States Agency for International Development]]. Dunham was also employed by the [[Ford Founda(contracted; show full)

In an interview, Barack Obama referred to his mother as "the dominant figure in my formative years&nbsp;... The values she taught me continue to be my touchstone when it comes to how I go about the world of politics."<ref name=notjustagirl>{{cite news


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==Early life==
Dunham was born on November 29, 1942 at Saint Francis Hospital in [[Wichita, Kansas]],<ref>{{cite news |author=Peters, Susan |date=2009-01-27 |title=President Obama: from Kansas to the capital, part II (video at videosurf.com) |location=Wichita |publisher=[[KAKE]] 10 News (ABC) |url=http://www.videosurf.com/video/obama-kansas-to-the-capital-part-ii-58173163|accessdate=2009-09-12}}</ref> the only child of [[Madelyn Lee Payne]] and [[Stanley Armour Dunham]].<ref&g(contracted; show full); recalled her brother Charles Payne, and the notion of giving her baby girl that name took hold. The coincidence that her husband was also Stanley only deepened the association.</blockquote></ref> As a child and teenager she was known as Stanley.<ref name="Scott 2011, p. 6"/> Other children teased her about her name but she used it through high school, "apologizing for it each time she introduced herself in a new town".<ref name="ripley">{{cite journal

 
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{{cite journal |author=Ripley, Amanda |date=2008-04-21 |title=A mother's story |journal=Time |volume=171 |issue=16 |pages=36–40, 42}}</ref> By the time Dunham began attending college, she was known by her middle name, Ann, instead.<ref name="Scott 2011, p. 6"/> After [[World War II]], Dunham's family moved from Wichita to [[California]] while her father attended the [[University of California, Berkeley]]. In 1948, they moved to [[Ponca City, Oklahoma]], and from there to [(contracted; show full)008-02-05 |title=Memories of Obama's mother |work=The Seattle Times |page=B1 |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004164387_brodeur05m.html |quote=Box last saw her friend in 1961, when she visited Seattle... |accessdate=2009-02-13| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090224045117/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004164387_brodeur05m.html| archivedate= 24 February 2009 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref><ref name="uncommon">{{cite news|
  author=Martin, Jonathan |date=2008-04-08 |title=Obama's mother known here as "uncommon" |work=The Seattle Times |page=A1 |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2004334057_obama08m.html |accessdate=2009-02-13| |archiveurl=  https://web.archive.org/web/20090207073451/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2004334057_obama08m.html| |archivedate=  7 February 2009 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no|deadurl=yes |df= }}<br />Regarding the 1961 visit to Washington state: "Susan Blake,[Botkin] another high-school classmate, said that during a brief visit in 1961, Dunham was excited about her husband's plans to return to Kenya."<br />Regarding her enrollment at University of Washington: "By 1962, Dunham had returned to Seattle as a single mother, enrolling in the UW for spring quarter and living in an apartment on Capitol Hill."</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Montgomery, Rick(contracted; show full)[[Category:American expatriates in Pakistan]]
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