Josie Wood
Josephine Ethel "Josie" Wood (22 Jenụwarị 1874 - 4 Eprel 1965) bụ onye nkuzi South Africa, onye guzobere Ọbá akwụkwọ South Africa maka ndị ìsì na South Africa National Council for the Blid.
Ndụ mbido
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]A mụrụ Josephine Ethel Wood na Grahamstown, nwa nwanyị nke George Samuel Wood na Frances Elizabeth Hoole Wood. Nna ya bụ onye isi obodo mbụ nke Grahamstown. Josie gara Diocesan School for Girls, Grahamstown ma mụọ ka ọ bụrụ onye nkuzi. [1] N'afọ 1918, mgbe ọ na-arụ ọrụ afọ ofufo dị ka onye nọọsụ n'oge ọrịa influenza zuru ụwa ọnụ, ọ zutere Eleanor Comber, onye nọọchị England na-eje ozi ala ọzọ nke wetara akwụkwọ ndị ìsì iji gbazinye ndị ọrịa kpuru ìsì. Comber mere ka Wood were ọrụ ya mgbe Comber hapụrụ South Africa na 1919. [2]
Ọrụ
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Site n'ụlọ nke ya na mbụ, Josie Wood na-elekọta ọbá akwụkwọ ịgbazinye ihe ndị ìsì, ndepụta nke ndị na-agbazinye ego, na ihe ndị maka izipu akwụkwọ. Ọ bụ onye isi na-anakọta ego n'ọbá akwụkwọ ahụ, na-ere nka nke ya iji kwado ọrụ ahụ. N'oge na-adịghị anya, ọ na-enye ndị na-akwado ya akwụkwọ ndị ìsì, ma na-eziga mba ofesi maka onyinye ego na akwụkwọ. O guzobere mmekọrịta ogologo oge na National Library for the Blind na London. Ọ haziri nkwekọrịta mbupu dị mma na ndị na-ebu Ihe ndị ìsì, ma mesịa na ọrụ nzipu ozi.[3]
Agbakwunyere ụlọ ọhụrụ ("Bannerman Building") na ndị ọrụ a na-akwụ ụgwọ na 1925, mgbe emeghere Ọ́bá Akwụkwọ South Africa Maka Ndị ìsì na Grahamstown. Wood bụ odeakwụkwọ nsọpụrụ nke Ọ́bá Akwụkwọ ahụ site n'oge ahụ ruo mgbe ọ nwụrụ afọ 42 ka e mesịrị. N'oge ọ nọ n'ọchịchị, ihe onwunwe nke ọbá akwụkwọ ahụ gbasaa iji tinye ederede edere na igwe achọrọ maka iji ha. N'afọ 1929, o guzobere South African National Council for the Blind (SANCB), na 1952 ọ ghọrọ onye isi oche mbụ nke Council.[3] N'afọ 1961, South African Library Association nabatara ya dị ka onye nsọpụrụ, o dekwara "Mazị Onye isi ala" na mbipụta mbụ nke Imfama, magazin South Africa maka ndị kpuru ìsì. N'afọ 1963, e ji ihe nrite R. W. Bowen nke mbụ sitere na SANCB mara ndụ ya.
Ndụ onwe onye na ihe nketa
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Wood nwụrụ na 1965, mgbe ọ dị afọ 91.[3] N'afọ 1966, a raara Josie Wood Wing nke South African Library for the Blind nye ncheta ya. E nwere The Josie Wood Trust Fund maka South African Library for the Blind, nke na-akwado mmemme maka ụmụaka na ndị ntorobịa kpuru ìsì. [4]
Ntuaka
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]1. "Josephin Ethel (Josie) Wood" Akụkọ South Africa online (2011). 2. " gbasara anyị", Ọbá akwụkwọ South Africa maka webụsaịtị kpuru ìsì. 3. V.H. Vaughan afọ iri ise nke ije ozi: akụkọ nke otu kansụl mba ndịda Afrịka maka ndị ìsì(SANCB1979):20-24;364-267. 4. Lindie Van Zyl, "Imfama na-akọwapụta ọganihu anyị n'ime afọ 50 gara aga" Edebere 22 julai na ụzọ azụ igwe SANCB. 5. R.W. Bowen ndị nnata nrite,1963-2011, SANCB. 6. Josie Wood Trust Fund maka ọbá akwụkwọ South Africa maka ndị ìsì, info4africa.
- ↑ "Josephine Ethel (Josie) Wood" South African History Online (2011).
- ↑ "About Us", South African Library for the Blind website.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 V. H. Vaughan, Fifty Years of Service: The Story of the South African National Council for the Blind (SANCB 1979): 20-24; 364-367.
- ↑ The Josie Wood Trust Fund for the South African Library for the Blind, info4africa.