Bessie Margaret Thomas (14 Maris 1892 - 7 Maris 1968)ma'aikaciyar ɗakin karatu ta Australiya ce ta Ingilishi da al'adun Kanada .A cikin 1945,an kafa ɗakin karatu na Municipal na Mosman kuma an ba Thomas mukamin babban ma'aikacin laburare,mace ta farko a New South Wales da ta sami wannan matsayi.

Bess Thomas
Rayuwa
Haihuwa Sydney, 14 ga Maris, 1892
ƙasa Asturaliya
Mutuwa Darlinghurst (en) Fassara, 7 ga Maris, 1968
Karatu
Harsuna Turanci
Sana'a
Sana'a librarian (en) Fassara

Rayuwar farko gyara sashe

Thomas shine ɗa na uku ga mahaifinta,Henry Charles Thomas.Ba da daɗewa ba bayan haihuwarta,dangin sun ƙaura daga Ostiraliya zuwa Kanada, inda Thomas ta sami ilimi kuma ta horar da ita a matsayin ma'aikaciyar ɗakin karatu da sakatare.Bayan ya koma Toronto,Ontario,Thomas ta kasance ma'aikacin mataimakiyar laburare ta jami'arta tsakanin 1927 zuwa 1928 kuma daga baya ta koma Sydney bayan dan uwanta, Allworth da wani rahoto mai tasiri na sukar dakunan karatu na Australiya daga Ernest. Pitt.

Gudunmawa ga aikin ɗakin karatu gyara sashe

A lokacin wani taro da Farfesa ER Holme ya jagoranta a watan Satumba na 1934,an yanke shawarar cewa Thomas da Edith Allworth,waɗanda dukansu ƴan ɗakin karatu ne na girmamawa,za su kafa ɗakin karatu na yara a Mosman don haɓaka sha'awar yara kan adabi.Allworth da Thomas sun buɗe ƙaramin ɗakin karatu ta amfani da gareji a gidan Allworth,tare da littattafai kusan 350 a farkon kafawar sa.Laburaren ya fara fadadawa kuma ya koma wani gini a bayan Makarantar Killarney,kawai ya sake komawa cikin 1943 bayan Sashen Ilimi da Horarwa na New South Wales ya samar da ginin.