Elizabeth Coleman White
Elizabeth Coleman White (Ọktoba 5, 1871 - Nọvemba 11, 1954) bụ ọkachamara n'ọrụ ugbo New Jersey bụ onye jikọrọ aka na Frederick Vernon Coville ịzụlite na ịzụ ahịa blueberry akọpụtara. [1] [2]Distinguished Women of Past and Present: Elizabeth Coleman White. Distinguished Women. Retrieved on 2008-03-20."Distinguished Women of Past and Present: Elizabeth Coleman White". Distinguished Women. Retrieved 2008-03-20.</ref>[3]
Akụkọ ndụ
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]A mụrụ White na October 5, 1871, na New Lisbon, New Jersey. Ọ bụ ọkpara n'ime ụmụ nwanyị anọ nke nne na nna Quaker, Mary A. Fenwick na Joseph Josiah White. Elizabeth gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Enyi Central School na Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, na 1887. [2]
Mgbe 1887 gachara, ọ rụrụ ọrụ na bogs na-enyere aka na-elekọta ndị na-achịkọta kranberị n'ugbo nna ya. N'oge oyi, White gara n'ihu agụmakwụkwọ ya na nkuzi na enyemaka mbụ, foto, ime uwe, na igwe nri na Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry (ugbu a Mahadum Drexel). White so na ọtụtụ ụlọ ọrụ, gụnyere ịbụ nwanyị mbụ ghọrọ onye otu American Cranberry Association na nwanyị mbụ nwetara nturuugo sitere na Ngalaba Agriculture nke New Jersey.[4]
N'afọ 1927, o nyere aka hazie New Jersey Blueberry Cooperative Association . [2]
White nwụrụ n'ọrịa kansa na Whitesbog, New Jersey, na Nọvemba 27, 1954, mgbe ọ dị afọ 83. a kpọrọ ozu ya ọkụ na Ewing Crematory na Ewing Township, New Jersey. E ji ụgbọelu kesaa ntụ ya n'elu isi mmiri nke Whitesbog dịka uche ya si dị.
Ịkọ mkpụrụ osisi Blueberry
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]White nwere mmasị n'ịkọ na iweta blueberries ọhịa ndị toro na gburugburu ugbo kranberị ezinụlọ ya. Ọ chọrọ itolite ha n'ala dị n'etiti kranberị bogs n'oge okpomọkụ ọnwa June na July iji zere ọ bụla esemokwu na ọdịda owuwe ihe ubi nke cranberries.[5] White kpọtụrụ onye na-ahụ maka ihe ọkụkụ na United States Department of Agriculture Frederick Coville mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ ya, "Experiments in Blueberry Culture. "E mere ka Coville kwenye inyere White aka mgbe o nyere ala ezinụlọ ya na-ejighị eme ihe maka Coville iji nwalee. White na-elekọta ala ahụ ma na-achọta osisi blueberry ọhịa iji kọọ ebe Coville nyere ihe ọmụma sayensị.
A tụlere ọtụtụ ihe n'usoro ịhọrọ ụdị blueberries ọhịa ị ga-azụlite, gụnyere ụtọ, ụcha, ọdịdị, na ogologo oge ọ were iji tozuo. White kpọtara ndị na-arụ ọrụ n'ọhịa n'ógbè ahụ iji nyere ya aka ịchọta ahịhịa ndị a na-ewere dị ka ndị kwesịrị ekwesị, na-akwụ ha otu ma ọ bụ atọ dollar maka ahịhịrị ọ bụla ha hụrụ na mkpụrụ osisi nke dịkarịa ala sentimita 5/8 .[6] Mgbe ahụ, a na-etinye akara n'osisi ndị ahụ, ma mesịa, Coville gbanyere mkpọrọgwụ ma tinye ha. N'ime osisi ọhịa 120 ha chịkọtara, ọ bụ naanị abụọ mezuru ụkpụrụ White na Coville; site na ndị a, ha zụlitere ọtụtụ puku osisi hybrid, nke ha họọrọ ịzụlite iji mepụta blueberries nke oge a.[7] N'afọ 1916, White na Coville nwere ihe ịga nke ọma n'ịzụlite ihe ọkụkụ blueberry mbụ, na-ere ya n'okpuru aha Tru-Blu-Berries.[8] White wetakwara echiche nke itinye blueberries na cellophane mgbe ọ hụchara ka a na-eji ya eme ihe dị ka ihe na-ekpuchi ihe.[9] Site na ọrụ ya dị ukwuu na Pine Barrens, White ghọrọ onye ọsụ ụzọ nke ndị nwe ala site n'ịbụ otu n'ime ndị mbụ raara ndụ ha na ọrụ ha nye Pine Barrens kama iji ya naanị dị ka ụzọ isi nweta ego.[10]
Arụmụka ọrụ ụmụaka
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]N'afọ 1910, esemokwu bilitere mgbe onye nnọchi anya National Child Labor Committee (NCLC) wepụtara akụkọ banyere ọrụ ụmụaka na ụlọ ọrụ cranberry. Dị ka otu ụzọ n'ụzọ atọ nke ugbo cranberry bụ nke J.J. White Inc., Elizabeth White dere akwụkwọ ozi ma kwuo okwu megide akụkọ ahụ, na-agbachitere ụlọ ọrụ na ụlọ ọrụ nna ya. Arụmụka nke ndị na-eme nchọpụta NCLC bụ na ndị nne na nna kpọrọ ụmụ ha na-erubeghị afọ iri na anọ ka ha rụọ ọrụ awa iri. White rụrụ ụka ma kọọ na ụmụaka na-egwuri egwu n'ikuku dị ọcha ma jiri obi ụtọ rụọ ọrụ na arịrịọ nke ndị nne na nna. Arụmụka ahụ gara n'ihu ruo afọ anọ ruo mgbe NCLC bipụtara ntụgharị na Oge Trenton Times ma kweta na mbọ White dị ka onye na-eme udo. White kwetara na ụmụaka hapụrụ ụlọ akwụkwọ n'etiti ọnwa Septemba na Ọktoba n'ihi owuwe ihe ubi, ma kwenyere na agụmakwụkwọ na-abụghị nke ndị hapụrụ ụlọ ọrụ n'ihi ihe a. White na Women's Home Mission Council rụkọtara ọrụ iji nye ụmụaka ọrụ nlekọta ụmụaka na mmemme agụmakwụkwọ na ntụrụndụ maka ndị okenye.[11]
Edemsibia
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- ↑ "Elizabeth Coleman White", Burlington County Times, March 6, 2005.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Distinguished Women of Past and Present: Elizabeth Coleman White. Distinguished Women. Retrieved on 2008-03-20."Distinguished Women of Past and Present: Elizabeth Coleman White". Distinguished Women. Retrieved 2008-03-20.
- ↑ "How New Jersey Tamed The Wild Blueberry For Global Production", National Public Radio, August 4, 2015.
- ↑ Parrott. The Woman Who Cultivated a Billion-Dollar Industry. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on March 16, 2012.
- ↑ Knackmuhs (2014-11-13). The Blueberry: Born & Bred in New Jersey. GardenStateLegacy.com. Archived from the original on 2014-11-13. Retrieved on 2020-10-07.
- ↑ S (2018-07-04). Elizabeth Coleman White: Blueberry Queen of the Jersey Pines (en-US). WednesdaysWomen. Retrieved on 2020-10-07.
- ↑ McPhee (1968). The Pine Barrens. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. “Of the first hundred and twenty bushes, she and Coville threw away a hundred and eighteen. From the remaining two, they eventually made thirty-five thousand cuttings. Of the resulting bushes, they threw away all but four, from which modern cultivated blueberries, in their numerous varieties, were developed.”
- ↑ New Jersey Historical Commission. IT HAPPENED HERE NEW JERSEY: Elizabeth White and the Blueberry Business. Archived from the original on 2020-10-12.
- ↑ Minick (2016-06-29). The Delicious Origins of the Domesticated Blueberry (en-US). JSTOR Daily. Retrieved on 2020-10-08.
- ↑ Learning to Appreciate the Pine Barrens from Elizabeth White | Discover NJ 350. discovernjhistory.org. Retrieved on 2025-09-24.
- ↑ Knackmuhs. The Blueberry: Born & Bred in New Jersey. gardenstatelegacy.com. Archived from the original on November 13, 2014. Retrieved on May 6, 2015.