november november mother barack_obama 44th president united_states american specialized economic rural development known high school ann second divorce finally born kansas spent childhood california oklahoma texas kansas teenage years washington adult life hawaii indonesia studied east west center honolulu attained bachelor master phd attended seattle interested weaving role women cottage industries research focused women work island java indonesia address problem poverty rural villages created programs working consultant employed consulted pakistan life worked helped apply research largest program world son elected president interest renewed work held research exhibition indonesian textile collection toured united_states december indonesia book based original author new_york_times reporter published biography life titled posthumous interest led creation ann ann intended fund students associated east west center honolulu hawaii interview barack_obama referred mother dominant figure formative years values taught continue comes world politics early life born november saint francis hospital kansas child predominantly english ancestry german swiss scottish irish welsh ancestry sixth cousin times removed announced july combination old documents analysis mother descended african servant slave seventeenth century colonial virginia parents born kansas met married attack pearl harbor father joined united_states_army mother worked boeing plant according named father wanted son relatives doubt story maternal uncle recalled mother named favorite actress character film life thought stanley girl sounded sophisticated child teenager known stanley children teased high school time introduced new town time began attending college known middle ann instead world war family moved california father attended moved oklahoma texas kansas family moved seattle washington father employed furniture salesman mother worked vice president bank lived apartment complex neighborhood attended family moved suburb seattle parents wanted year old daughter attend newly opened school teachers taught importance challenging social norms questioning authority young took lessons heart felt didn need date marry children classmate remembered way mature little bit ahead time center way high school friend described progressive concerned going wrong world stanley know liberals knew liberals called original feminist family life marriages august hawaii 50th state admitted union parents sought business opportunities new state graduating high school family moved honolulu soon enrolled marriage attending russian language class met barack_obama school african student age come hawaii pursue education leaving pregnant wife infant son home town kenya married hawaiian island february despite parental opposition families months pregnant eventually informed marriage kenya claimed divorced years later discover false wife later said granted consent marry second wife keeping customs august age gave birth child friends state washington recall visiting month old baby took classes september june lived single mother neighborhood seattle son husband continued studies hawaii graduated june offered scholarship study new_york_city declined preferring attend prestigious harvard_university left cambridge massachusetts begin graduate study harvard fall returned honolulu resumed undergraduate education spring semester january time parents helped raise young obama filed divorce january contest december married jewish american lithuanian heritage separated divorced having sons received economics harvard came hawaii month visited son years old time son major personal interaction killed car accident second marriage east west center met surveyor come honolulu september east grant study geography graduated geography june married hawaii returned indonesia graduated august moved october year year old son indonesia rejoin husband indonesia worked low paid surveyor indonesian government later government relations office family lived street newly built neighborhood administrative village half years son attending nearby indonesian language santo catholic school 1st 2nd 3rd grade moved miles north neighborhood administrative village son attending indonesian language government run half miles east exclusive administrative village 3rd grade 4th grade august daughter maya indonesia enriched son education correspondence courses english recordings speeches sent young obama hawaii attend starting 5th grade having stay indonesia job worked way decade clerk female vice presidents helped pay steep tuition assistance scholarship year later august daughter moved hawaii rejoin son begin graduate study graduate work supported grant august july east west center technology grant august december completed december having spent years hawaii accompanied daughter maya returned indonesia field work son chose indonesia preferring finish high school honolulu living grandparents divorced november married children son born daughter born died age march liver failure estranged husband encouraged children feel connected fathers professional life january december taught english assistant director indonesia indonesia america friendship institute administrative village government january august taught english department head director dan administrative village founder active member crafts instructor weaving honolulu career rural development women work world poor worked leaders organizations supporting indonesian human rights women rights grass roots development march supervision agricultural economics professor developed taught short lecture course staff members june september carried research village industries special region indonesia student grant east west center interested village industries moved center june short term consultant office writing recommendations village industries non agricultural enterprises indonesian government year development plan iii october december rural industries consultant funded implemented inc january november program officer women employment southeast_asia regional office developed model standard indonesia country world leader micro credit systems father later secretary treasury son administration head foundation asia grant making time november august november cottage industries development consultant pakistan credit component project implemented district province pakistan funding credit component implemented inc worked closely office january consultant research coordinator indonesia oldest bank work funded march research policy coordinator women world banking new_york helped manage new_york january helped prominent roles fourth world conference women held september beijing regional conferences forums preceded august awarded phd supervision page titled peasant indonesia surviving thriving odds described classic depth ground study year old industry according dove challenged popular perceptions economically politically groups countered notions roots poverty lie poor cultural differences responsible gap developed countries west according dove found villagers studied economic needs beliefs aspirations capitalist village interested profits wrote plentiful supply rural indonesia having traditional culture millennium based observations concluded communities resulted capital allocation matter politics culture programs ignored reality potential inequality reinforce power wrote government programs inadvertently foster resources village officials money strengthen status illness death late living working indonesia night dinner friend house experienced stomach pain visit local physician led initial diagnosis returned united_states early examined memorial cancer center new_york_city diagnosed cancer time cancer spread moved hawaii live near widowed mother died november days short 53rd birthday following memorial service sister spread mother ashes pacific_ocean south obama scattered ashes grandmother spot december weeks election presidency obama talked death second campaign advertisement mother arguing health care reform featured photograph holding young obama arms obama talks days worrying expensive medical bills topic came speech remember mother years old died cancer know thinking months life wasn thinking getting wasn thinking coming terms mortality diagnosed transitioning jobs wasn sure insurance going cover medical expenses consider condition remember seeing struggle medical bills insurance forms seen like somebody love suffering broken health care system wrong people employer provided health insurance covered costs medical treatment leaving pay uncovered expenses came dollars month employer provided disability insurance denied claims uncovered expenses insurance company said cancer condition posthumous interest september held december published version titled surviving odds village industry indonesia book revised edited graduate advisor daughter maya wrote foreword book describes research legacy relevant today indonesian studies engaged scholarship book launched annual meeting philadelphia special presidential panel work meeting taped exhibition textile collection lady found culture cloth indonesian toured museums united_states finishing tour august early life explored interest textile arts creating wall enjoyment moving indonesia attracted striking textile art began collect variety different december awarded highest civilian award indonesia lengthy major biography new_york_times reporter titled published established ann supports faculty position housed ann providing funding students associated east west center honolulu hawaii stanley ann scholarship established young women graduating ann alma mater years scholarship fund awarded college scholarships january president obama family visited exhibition mother work display filmmaker feature length biographical film entitled obama mama obama french title premiered 40th annual seattle international film festival far grew personal beliefs memoir dreams father barack_obama wrote mother confidence virtues depended faith didn possess land indonesia remained necessary tool enduring lonely witness secular soldier new deal position paper book hope obama wrote raised religious household mother experiences reinforced inherited skepticism memories christians populated youth fond ones professed mother ways awakened person known religion ways necessarily best way man attempted control understand deeper truths lives obama wrote daughter maya asked later mother said wouldn called basically gave good books bible buddhist scripture wanted recognize beautiful contribute jesus felt wonderful example felt lot christians behaved christian ways hand best friend high school said touted read argue challenging arguing comparing thinking things rest hadn speech obama contrasted beliefs mother parents commented spirituality skepticism mother parents spiritual souls knew healthy skepticism religion institution obama described beliefs relation religious upbringing mother father father kenya lot people village muslim didn practice islam truth wasn religious met mother mother christian kansas married divorced raised mother christian connection islam grandfather father came country practiced islam publications ann civil rights working indonesian women effects women workers indonesia women work village industries java ann women economic activities fishing communities background proposal development impact survey ann peasant indonesia surviving odds thesis honolulu indonesia iron warrior warrior studies traditional indonesia indonesian indonesia isbn ann cooper nancy surviving odds village industry indonesia foreword maya durham isbn legacy collection indonesian malaysia malaysia ancestry
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