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Ann Dunham
Ann Dunham was born on November 29, 1942 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas while her father was serving in the Army. -
went to a beter high school
In Seattle, Ann Dunham attended Eckstein Middle School. The family then moved to Mercer Island in 1956 so she could attend Mercer Island High School. -
attend the University of Hawaii
Obama Sr. was able to attend the University of Hawaii also through the efforts of Mboya, who visited the United States in 1959 to obtain financial support for the American education of 81 Kenyan students. -
her free spirit
In 1960, Dunham emphasized her free spirit with a statement to her high school friends that, “I don’t need to date or marry to have children.” -
moved to Washington
Shortly after Dunham’s high school graduation in 1960 the family abruptly left Washington and moved to Hawaii, where she reluctantly enrolled at the University of Hawaii. -
keynan student
on February 2, 1961. Obama, Sr., a pro-Soviet Marxist, was a Kenyan studying at the University of Hawaii. Dunham met him in a Russian language class in the fall of 1960, as he was starting his second year at the university and she was beginning her first. -
Barack Obama Jr. is born
Barack Obama Jr. is born on August 4, 1961 to Stanley Ann Dunham (1942–1995). Ann Dunham -
Obamas sister is born
Barack Obama's half sister Maya Soetoro is born. However, Ann Dunham's second marriage begins to disintegrate. She misses her home in the U.S. and wants her children to grow and be educated there. -
moved
In 1955, the Dunham family moved to the Columbia City neighborhood of Seattle, Washington where her father landed a job managing a furniture store—located down the street from the regional headquarters of the Communist Party USA. -
the news paper head line
On August 13, 1961, nine days after his birth, an Obama birth notice appears in two Honolulu newspapers. The Sunday Advertiser and the Star
