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American anthropologist, mother of Barack Obama (–)

Not to be confused with the equestrian Anne Dunham.

Stanley Ann Dunham (November 29, &#;– November 7, ) was an American anthropologist who specialized in the economic anthropology and rural development of Indonesia.^[1] She was the mother of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States.

Born in Wichita, Kansas, Dunham studied at the East–West Center and at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in Honolulu, where she attained a Bachelor of Arts degree in anthropology (),^[2] and later received Master of Arts () and PhD () degrees, also in anthropology.^[3] She also attended the University of Washington in Seattle from to Interested in craftsmanship, weaving, and the role of women in cottage industries, Dunham's research focused on women's work on the island of Java and blacksmithing in Indonesia.

To address the problem of poverty in rural villages, she created microcredit programs