Difference between revisions 166453505 and 166453506 on dewikiPresident Barack Obama's mother. {{about|the mother of Barack Obama|the British equestrian|Anne Dunham}} {{good article}} {{Infobox person | image = Stanley Ann Dunham 1960 Mercer Island High School yearbook.jpg | image_size = | caption = Stanley Ann Dunham in 1960 (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 ⏎ ⏎ |author1=Dewey, Alice ⏎ ⏎ |author2=White, Geoffrey ⏎ ⏎ |date=November 2008 ⏎ ⏎ |title=Ann Dunham: a personal reflection ⏎ ⏎ |journal=Anthropology News ⏎ ⏎ |volume=49 ⏎ ⏎ |issue=8 ⏎ ⏎ |page=20 ⏎ ⏎ |doi=10.1111/an.2008.49.8.20 ⏎ ⏎ |accessdate=2009-08-23 ⏎ ⏎ |url=http://www.anthropology.hawaii.edu/News/Announcements/Dunham/dunham.html ⏎ ⏎ |deadurl=yes ⏎ ⏎ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610025012/http://www.anthropology.hawaii.edu/News/Announcements/Dunham/dunham.html ⏎ ⏎ |archivedate=June 10, 2010 ⏎ |df= ⏎ }} reprinted by:<br /> {{cite web |author1=Dewey, Alice |author2=White, Geoffrey |date=2009-03-09 |title=Ann Dunham: a personal reflection |location=Honolulu |publisher=University of Hawaii Department of Anthropology |url=http://www.anthropology.hawaii.edu/News/Announcements/Dunham/dunham.html |accessdate=2010-11-22|deadurl=no|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/66cW1vClp |archivedate=2012-04-02}} * {{cite web⏎ ⏎ |date=2008-12-09 ⏎ ⏎ |title=Spotlight on Alumni: EWC Alumna Ann Dunham— Mother to President Obama and Champion of Women’s Rights and Economic Justice ⏎ ⏎ |work=[http://www.eastwestcenter.org/ East-West Center] ⏎ ⏎ |location=Honolulu, HI, USA ⏎ ⏎ |publisher=[[East–West Center]] ⏎ ⏎ |url=http://www.eastwestcenter.org/news-center/web-articles/spotlight-on-alumni-ewc-alumna-ann-dunham-mother-to-president-obama-and-champion-of-womens-rights-and-e ⏎ ⏎ |accessdate=2013-03-09 ⏎ ⏎ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012020438/http://www.eastwestcenter.org/news-center/web-articles/spotlight-on-alumni-ewc-alumna-ann-dunham-mother-to-president-obama-and-champion-of-womens-rights-and-e ⏎ ⏎ |archivedate=2012-10-12 ⏎ ⏎ |deadurl=no ⏎ ⏎ }}</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 ... 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 ⏎ ⏎ |author=Jones, Tim ⏎ ⏎ |date=2007-03-27 ⏎ ⏎ |title=Barack Obama: mother not just a girl from Kansas; Stanley Ann Dunham shaped a future senator ⏎ ⏎ |work=Chicago Tribune ⏎ ⏎ |page=1 (Tempo) ⏎ ⏎ |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/obama/chi-0703270151mar27-archive,0,5853572,full.story ⏎ ⏎ |accessdate=2009-02-16 ⏎ ⏎ |deadurl=no ⏎ ⏎ |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/66cdqjbue?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chicagotribune.com%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2Fobama%2Fchi-0703270151mar27-archive%2C0%2C5853572%2Cfull.story ⏎ |archivedate=2012-04-02 ⏎ |df= ⏎ }}<br />{{cite web⏎ ⏎ |author=. ⏎ ⏎ |date=2007-03-27 ⏎ ⏎ |title=Video: Reflections on Obama's mother (02:34) ⏎ ⏎ |work=Chicago Tribune ⏎ ⏎ |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/video/?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=1323174 ⏎ ⏎ |accessdate=2009-02-16| ⏎ |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090329233625/http://www.chicagotribune.com/video/?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=1323174| ⏎ |archivedate= 29 March 2009 <!--DASHBot-->| ⏎ |deadurl= no ⏎ ⏎ }}<br /> {{cite web⏎ ⏎ |author=. ⏎ ⏎ |date=2007-03-27 ⏎ ⏎ |title=Video: Jim Wichterman reflects on his former student (02:03) ⏎ ⏎ |work=Chicago Tribune ⏎ ⏎ |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/video/?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=1323768 ⏎ ⏎ |accessdate=2009-02-16| ⏎ |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090329233630/http://www.chicagotribune.com/video/?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=1323768| ⏎ |archivedate= 29 March 2009 <!--DASHBot-->| ⏎ |deadurl= no ⏎ ⏎ }}<br /> {{cite web⏎ ⏎ |author=. ⏎ ⏎ |date=2007-03-27 ⏎ ⏎ |title=Video: She changed his diapers (01:02) ⏎ ⏎ |work=Chicago Tribune ⏎ ⏎ |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/video/?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=1323682 ⏎ ⏎ |accessdate=2009-02-16| ⏎ |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090330185245/http://www.chicagotribune.com/video/?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=1323682| ⏎ |archivedate= 30 March 2009 <!--DASHBot-->| ⏎ |deadurl= no ⏎ ⏎ }}</ref> ==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 ⏎ ⏎ |author=Ripley, Amanda ⏎ ⏎ |date=2008-04-09 ⏎ ⏎ |title=The story of Barack Obama's mother ⏎ ⏎ |work=Time ⏎ ⏎ |url=http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1729524,00.html ⏎ ⏎ |accessdate=2009-08-27 ⏎ ⏎ |deadurl=no ⏎ ⏎ |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/66cWLvGvi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.time.com%2Ftime%2Fmagazine%2Farticle%2F0%2C9171%2C1729685%2C00.html ⏎ |archivedate=2012-04-02 ⏎ |df= ⏎ }} {{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]] [[Category:Deaths from cancer in Hawaii]] [[Category:Deaths from uterine cancer]] [[Category:Mothers of Presidents of the United States]] [[Category:1942 births]] [[Category:1995 deaths]] [[Category:20th-century women scientists]] [[Category:20th-century American scientists]] All content in the above text box is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license Version 4 and was originally sourced from https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=prev&oldid=166453506.
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