| 词条 | Sharon Barker |
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| honorific_prefix = | name = Sharon E. Barker | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1949}} | birth_place = New Brunswick, Canada | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | burial_place = | burial_coordinates = | residence = Bangor, Maine | education = B.S. psychology, University of Maine M.S. public administration, University of Maine | occupation = Director, Women's Resource Center | years_active = 1991–present | employer = University of Maine | partner = John Hoyt | children = 2 | awards = Maine Women's Hall of Fame, 2009 }} Sharon E. Barker (born 1949)[1] is a Canadian-American women's rights activist, women's health advocate, and feminist. She is the founding director of the Women's Resource Center at the University of Maine and one of the founders and first president of the Mabel Sine Wadsworth Women's Health Center in Bangor. For over 30 years she has advocated for women and girls in the areas of health care, gender equality, sexual assault, and reproductive rights. She was inducted into the Maine Women's Hall of Fame in 2009. Early life and educationSharon Barker was born in New Brunswick, Canada. She has two sisters.[2] At the age of 8 she moved with her family to Fort Fairfield, Maine.[1] In seventh grade she befriended Ruth Lockhart, with whom she would co-found the Mabel Sine Wadsworth Women's Health Center.[1] She earned her bachelor's degree in psychology and master's degree in public administration at the University of Maine.[1][2] Career{{Quote box|width=300px |align=right |quoted=true |bgcolor= |salign=right |quote=Why is it only exceptional women that can succeed? Why is it only women who are willing to sacrifice their lives that are capable of working in some of these fields? ... I say we will succeed not when all exceptional women are let into these fields, but when mediocre women are let in at the same rate as mediocre men. |source=–Sharon Barker, 2009[3] }} After graduation, Barker helped manage the Community House, an adult-education program in Fort Fairfield, and worked briefly as a taxi driver.[1] She then worked for ten years as a family planning counselor and coordinator for Penquis CAP in Bangor.[1][2] In 1984 she, Lockhart, and three other activists founded the Mabel Sine Wadsworth Women's Health Center as a private, non-profit center that would provide abortion services and lesbian health care.[4] Barker was the center's first president.[1] In 1991 Barker was named director of the new Women's Resource Center at the University of Maine, which provides information and advocacy for students.[5][1] She filled the position on a part-time basis until 1999, when her salary was ensured by a grant.[15] Among the initiatives she has overseen are the Safe Campus project against sexual assault,[15] the United Sisters mentoring program pairing college women with high-school girls,[6] the Girls' Collaborative Project,[18][7] $tart $mart salary negotiation workshops,[8] and the annual "Expanding Your Horizons" conference that brings 500 middle school girls to campus to explore career opportunities in the STEM fields.[9][10][11] Barker is also a frequent speaker and workshop presenter on health care, gender equality, and women's rights.[12] MembershipsBarker has been a member of numerous state nonprofit boards and committees, including the Penobscot Valley American Association of University Women, Maine Women's Fund, Eastern Regional Commission for Women, Good Samaritan Agency, Bangor CUReS Project, Bangor Rape Crisis Center, Women's Business Development Corporation, the Komen Foundation, and the Maine Jobs Council.[5][18] She was appointed to Rep. John Baldacci's Advisory Committee on Juvenile Crime, Domestic Violence, Drug Abuse and Hate Crimes.[5][18] In 1995 she was named to a panel that developed ideas to reduce the threat of violence at state abortion clinics.[13] She established the Maine chapter of the National Abortion Rights Action League.[14] Awards and honorsBarker received the Mary Hatwood Futrell Award from the National Education Association in 1997.[1] She is also the recipient of the Mabel Sine Wadsworth Women's Health Achievement Award (1997), the Woman of the Year citation from the Bangor and Maine Federation of Business and Professional Women (1999), and the Sarah Orne Jewett Award (2004), recognizing lifetime achievement in advocating for women and girls in the areas of "health care, poverty, sexual assault, juvenile justice, gender equity, education and peace", from the Maine Women's Fund.[18][15] She was inducted into the Maine Women's Hall of Fame in 2009.[5] Personal lifeBarker and her partner, John Hoyt, have two sons.[16] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2457&dat=19970909&id=7OBYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nA4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=3403,2115385&hl=en|title=A Foray Into Feminism: Sharon Barker devotes her life to advancing women's rights|first=Tom|last=Weber|newspaper=Bangor Daily News|date=9 September 1997|pages=A1, A7}} {{Authority control}}{{Maine Women's Hall of Fame}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Barker, Sharon}}2. ^1 {{cite news|title=Women's center open|newspaper=Bangor Daily News|date=23 December 1991|page=12|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2457&dat=19911223&id=ca1JAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kA4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1437,2333675&hl=en}} 3. ^{{cite journal|url=http://www.porthouse.org/family_self_sufficiency/beaconOfHope/spring2010.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100801094148/http://www.porthouse.org/family_self_sufficiency/beaconOfHope/spring2010.pdf|dead-url=yes|archive-date=2010-08-01|title=Empowering Women Quote|journal=Beacon of Hope|date=Spring 2010|page=3|publisher=Creative Partners|accessdate=18 June 2016}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://wabi.tv/2015/05/04/mabel-wadsworth-womens-health-center-part-one/|title=Mabel Wadsworth Women's Health Center- Part One|first=Joy|last=Hollowell|date=4 May 2015|accessdate=13 June 2016|work=WABI-TV|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611035351/http://wabi.tv/2015/05/04/mabel-wadsworth-womens-health-center-part-one/|archivedate=11 June 2016|df=}} 5. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite web|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-20019535.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911112151/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-20019535.html|dead-url=yes|archive-date=11 September 2016|title=Founder of UM center to join Maine Women's Hall of Fame|first=Jessica|last=Bloch|date=20 March 2009|accessdate=13 June 2016|work=Bangor Daily News|subscription=yes|via=HighBeam}} 6. ^{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2457&dat=19971030&id=LApbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GU4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1065,4325335&hl=en|title=College women, high school girls work to promote gender equity|first=Melissa|last=MacCrae|date=30 October 1997|newspaper=Bangor Daily News|page=WB4}} 7. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1560160701.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911191157/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1560160701.html |dead-url=yes |archive-date=11 September 2016 |title=Girls Collaborative Project Kicks Off at University of Maine Oct. 10|publisher=US Fed News Service|date=23 September 2008|accessdate=13 June 2016|subscription=yes|via=HighBeam}} 8. ^{{cite web |url=http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED514096.pdf|title=With AAUW, I work for pay equity|publisher=American Association of University Women|year=2010|page=13|accessdate=13 June 2016}} 9. ^1 2 {{cite web |url=http://bangordailynews.com/2012/03/31/news/bangor/portrait-of-women-symbolizes-20-years-of-work-by-womens-resource-center/|title=Portrait of women symbolizes 20 years of work by Women's Resource Center|first=Judy|last=Harrison|date=31 March 2012|accessdate=13 June 2016|work=Bangor Daily News}} 10. ^{{cite web |url=http://bangordailynews.com/2010/03/04/news/penobscot/getting-girls-in-gear/?ref=inline|title=Getting girls in gear|first=Jessica|last=Bloch|date=4 March 2010|accessdate=13 June 2016|work=Bangor Daily News}} 11. ^{{cite web |url=https://umaine.edu/news/blog/2014/03/04/27th-expanding-your-horizons-to-bring-500-middle-school-girls-to-umaine-march-13/|title=27th Expanding Your Horizons to Bring 500 Middle School Girls to UMaine March 13 (press release)|date=4 March 2014|accessdate=18 June 2016|publisher=University of Maine}} 12. ^{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2457&dat=19930310&id=8o0-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=1VkMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3546,2728924&hl=en|title=Women's health focus of workshop|newspaper=Bangor Daily News|date=10 March 1993|page=14}} 13. ^{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1914&dat=19950130&id=mdggAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GmsFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2590,5157555&hl=en|title=Panel picked to meditate abortion woes|author=Associated Press|newspaper=Lewiston Sun Journal|date=31 January 1995|page=3}} 14. ^{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2457&dat=19911223&id=ca1JAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kA4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=4199,2337336&hl=en|title=Women's Resource Center open at UM|date=23 December 1991|newspaper=Bangor Daily News|page=13}} 15. ^{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2457&dat=20041014&id=PS40AAAAIBAJ&sjid=RuEIAAAAIBAJ&pg=1277,3773981&hl=en|title=Barker lauded for work on behalf of women, girls|date=14 October 2004|newspaper=Bangor Daily News|page=12}} 16. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|url=http://www.uma.edu/community/maine-womens-hall-of-fame/|title=Maine Women's Hall of Fame: Honorees – Sharon Barker|publisher=University of Maine at Augusta|year=2016|accessdate=13 June 2016|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306082338/http://www.uma.edu/community/maine-womens-hall-of-fame/|archivedate=6 March 2016|df=}} 9 : 1949 births|American women's rights activists|American feminists|University of Maine alumni|People from Bangor, Maine|People from Fort Fairfield, Maine|People from New Brunswick|Canadian emigrants to the United States|Living people |
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