Caroline Matilda Dodson

Caroline Matilda Dodson (17 ga Disamba, 1845 - 9 ga Janairu, 1898) likita ce ta Amurka kuma memba ne na kafa Ƙungiyar Lafiya ta Mata ta Amurka . 

 Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi 
An haifi Caroline Matilda Dodson a kusa da Keosauqua, Iowa, a ranar 17 ga Disamba, 1845. Mahaifinta, Stiles Richard Dodson, ɗan Richard Dodson ne da Hannah Watson . Mahaifiyarta, Mrs. Caroline Matilda (née Harrison) Dodson, 'yar Stephen Harrison ce da Mary Dodson . Iyayenta biyu sun kasance zuriyar Thomas da Mary Dodson kuma 'yan asalin Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania. Sun yi aure a shekara ta 1836. Kimanin makonni shida bayan aure, sun bar Pennsylvania zuwa Yammacin Amurka kuma sun zauna a Van Buren County, Iowa. Stiles R. Dodson ya mutu a 1847, ya bar gwauruwarsa da 'ya'ya mata huɗu, ƙarami bai kai shekara biyu ba. An kira 'yan uwanta Melvina (d. 1862), Mary, da Susan. A wannan hunturu, mahaifiyar Dodson ta koyar da makaranta a gidanta. A cikin bazara na 1848, ta koma tare da iyalinta zuwa gidan mahaifinta a Pennsylvania. An yi wa Caroline baftisma a watan Nuwamba, 1857, kuma bayan haka, ta kasance memba na Cocin Baptist.

Dodson ta yi karatu a gida a ƙarƙashin malamai masu zaman kansu kuma a makarantar gundumar ta kara darussan farko daga mahaifiyarta. A kusan goma sha biyu, an tura ta makarantar kimiyya da Makarantar al'ada.

 Ayyuka 
Dodson ta yi aiki a matsayin malama daga hunturu na 1861 har zuwa fall of 1871, lokacin da ta yi karatu a Kwalejin Kiwon Lafiya ta Mata ta Pennsylvania, kuma ta shiga cikin karatun shekaru uku da aka kaddamar. Dokta Ann Preston ta kasance Dean na kwalejin a lokacin. A lokacin rani na shekara ta 1872, ta yi aiki a Makarantar Horar da Nurses na Asibitin Mata na Philadelphia. Bayan kammala karatunta, Dodson ta sami takardar shaidar Makarantar Horar da Nurses. A lokacin rani na shekara ta 1873, ta kasance a asibiti ɗaya kamar ɗalibi a cikin unguwanni da kuma waje. Ta sami difloma a watan Maris, 1874, kuma ta tafi Ypsilanti, Michigan, don ci gaba da karatu tare da Dokta Ruth A. Gerry, ɗaya daga cikin mata na farko da suka fara yin aikin likita.

Bayan shekara guda da ya kwashe a asibiti da kuma aiki mai zaman kansa tare da Gerry, Dodson ya tafi Rochester, New York, kuma a can, dangane da aiki, ya buɗe kantin sayar da magunguna. A shekara ta 1877, mahaifiyarta ta sake zuwa Yamma, Dodson ta fara zuwa Iowa, ta hanyar Hudson da Great Lakes. Ta rasa kaya mai daraja a cikin Pittsburgh_railroad_strike_of_1877" id="mwLQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Pittsburgh railroad strike of 1877">yajin aikin jirgin kasa a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 

Bayan tafiyarta ta Yamma, Dodson ta koma Philadelphia, inda ta yi ayyuka daban-daban. A wani lokaci, ta dogara da US $ 5 a kowane mako don biyan kuɗin rayuwa na uku a cikin iyalinta, amma tayin ya zo, kuma daga cikinsu, ba a nema ba, ɗaya daga Philadelphia Society for Organizing Charity don aiki a matsayin mai kula da ɗayan gundumominta. Dodson ta yarda da matsayin, kuma na tsawon shekaru takwas, ta cika shi dangane da aikinta na likita.

 Ƙungiyar Lafiya ta Mata ta Ƙasar Amurka 
A matsayinsa na malami, Dodson ya rubuta kuma ya yi magana da ƙarfin zuciya don inganta hanyoyin ilimi, kuma ya ba da shawarar fadada damar karatu. Ta ga cewa motsi na gaba ɗaya na iya taimakawa wajen ilimantar da jama'a da kuma yada ilimin kula da kai. Don wannan dalili, bayan tattaunawa mai yawa, an ba da kira don taron jama'a da za a gudanar a Hall na Association, Philadelphia, a ranar 23 ga Yuli, 1890, kuma an gudanar da wata kungiya a ƙarƙashin sunan Ƙungiyar Lafiya ta Mata ta Amurka. An kafa kungiyar ne a ranar 1 ga Nuwamba, 1890. kuma an zabi Dodson a matsayin shugaban kasa na farko. Shirin kungiyar ya kasance mai faɗi kuma an ba da shi don aiki mai zurfi. Manufarta ita ce kawo aikin likita cikin dangantaka ta kusa da jama'a ta hanyar tattauna batutuwan kiwon lafiya.

 Rayuwa ta mutum 
Dodson ya karanta ko'ina a kan batutuwa game da ƙungiyoyin mata, yana magana da rubutu don sha'awar su. A cikin 1888, a taron shekara-shekara na 19 na Ƙungiyar Mata ta Pennsylvania, an lura da aikin mishan na Dodson a cikin sharudatory. 

Dodson ya kafa Baptist Sisterhood a Philadelphia .  Ta mutu a gidanta a Philadelphia, ranar 9 ga Janairu, 1898, na sarcoma . 

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