Ronke Doherty

Queenie Ronke Doherty shugabar mata ce ta Najeriya wacce ta kasance shugabar majalisar mata ta ƙasa  daga shekarun 1976 zuwa 1980. Ta kasance cikin wasu Zaɓaɓɓun mata da aka naɗa a muƙaman siyasa a shekarun 1970. 

Ita ce matar Richard Adeeyo Doherty, tsohon kakakin Majalisar Yamma. 

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Doherty (nee Williams) an haife ta ne a shekara ta 1916 ga dangin Nathaniel Fehintola Williams wanda ya kasance daga cikin al'adun Egba,  ta yi karatu a makarantar 'yan mata ta CMS kafin ta halarci Kwalejin Sarauniya, Legas a shekarar 1930, ta kammala karatu a 1934.  Ko da yake Doherty ta taso ne a tsohuwar Legas, inda 'yan mata ke da karancin damar da samarin shekarunta, ɗaya daga cikin malamanta na sakandare ya lallashe ta ta tafi ƙasar waje don samun takardar shaidar koyarwa.  Bayan ta samu takardar shedar koyarwa a Ingila bayan ta yi karatu a Southlands College da King’s College da ke Landan, ta koma Legas ta shiga ma’aikatan makarantar ‘yan mata ta CMS da ke Legas a matsayin malama. A 1940, ta auri Richard Doherty, lauya wanda a lokacin yana aiki a Ibadan, ta bar makarantar ’yan mata ta CMS ta bi mijinta zuwa Ibadan inda take har zuwa karshen yakin. A lokacin da take Ibadan, ba ta ɗauki matsayi na dindindin a Ibadan ba amma ta kasance cikin kungiyoyin sa kai da suka haɗa da kungiyar agajin kutare da kuma kungiyar agaji ta Red Cross. A tsakanin shekarar 1945 zuwa 1960 ta yi aiki a Hukumar ba da tallafin karatu ta gwamnati a Legas, ta kasance sakatariyar hukumar bayar da tallafin karatu ta Western Region, sannan ta koma aikin koyarwa a wata makaranta mai suna Queens College.

Doherty ta kasance darektar kungiyar agaji ta Red Cross ta Najeriya reshen Ibadan kuma ta taka rawa sosai a kokarin kungiyar a yakin da ake yi na shawo kan cutar sankarau a Ibadan tare da bayar da taimako a Asaba a lokacin yakin basasar Najeriya. Daga baya ta zama shugabar majalisar mata ta ƙasa ta Jihar Yamma. 

A shekara ta 1976, ta zama shugabar majalisar mata ta ƙasa.

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