Labarin Zaɓuɓɓuka na Maryland

Jaridar Maryland Suffrage News wata jarida ce ta mako-mako da aka kafa a Baltimore, Maryland a cikin 1912 [1] ta Edith Houghton Hooker a matsayin muryar Just Government League (JGL) na Maryland, ƙungiyar masu neman zaɓen mata da ta kafa a 1909. [2] Hooker ita ce editan takarda kuma Dora G. Ogle ita ce manajan kasuwanci, yayin da Hooker da mijinta, Donald R. Hooker, suka ba da babban tallafin kuɗi. Membobin Ƙungiyar Ƙwararrun Mata ta Amirka (NAWSA) za su iya biyan kuɗi zuwa Jaridar Mata ta kasa (Boston) da Maryland Suffrage News a lokaci guda, amma Maryland Suffrage News kuma yana samuwa ta hanyar biyan kuɗi daban-daban. [3] Daga ƙarshe, JGL ta haɗu da Jam'iyyar Mata ta Ƙasa, ƙungiyar da ke ba da shawarar yin zabe ta hanyar gyaran majalisa, matakin da ya kai ga janyewa daga NAWSA. [4]

 Tarihi 
An buga fitowar farko na Labaran Suffrage na Maryland a ranar 6 ga Afrilu, 1912. Nan da nan jaridar ta zama muryar farar fata na mata a Maryland, tunda sauran jaridu na gama gari, irin su Baltimore Sun da takaddun gida, ba koyaushe suke bugawa ko kula da labarai masu alaƙa da zaɓe ba. Yayin da yawancin masu biyan kuɗi ke zaune a Maryland, takardar tana da suna na ƙasa tare da masu karatu a Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New York, da California. Wadanda suka halarci takardar sun kasance mata farar fata na tsakiya da babba da magoya bayansu. 

Ko da yake JGL ta buga jaridar kuma ta inganta ra'ayoyin siyasa masu tsattsauran ra'ayi waɗanda suka yi daidai da abin da Edith Hooker ya yi, Maryland Suffrage News ya yi aiki don gina al'umma a tsakanin wasu nau'o'in zaɓe na mata daga waje da kuma fadin jihar, da kuma inganta yunkurin mata a fadin jihar.  Jaridar Maryland Suffrage News a kai a kai na buga labarai da bayanai daga wasu ƙungiyoyin neman zaɓe, irin su Maryland Women's Suffrage League da the State Franchise League, da kuma ƙungiyoyin zaɓe na cikin gida ba tare da la'akari da alaƙar jaha ko ƙasa ba. Jaridar ta gabatar da labarai, bayanai, editoci, da kuma hotunan yunkurin zaben a matakin kananan hukumomi, jiha, da kasa. Jaridar Maryland Suffrage News ta yi aiki ba kawai a matsayin tushen ilimi ga mata masu karatu ba, har ma a matsayin ƙarfin ƙarfafawa ta hanyar ba da shawarwari masu amfani kan yadda ake tsarawa da muhawara kan gyaran zaɓe. Masanin tarihi Diane Weaver ya rubuta cewa, "Masu gyara Labarai na Suffrage tun da farko sun ɓullo da 'Masu Magana,' da kuma ginshiƙai don horar da masu ba da shawara don yin magana game da haɗin kai tsakanin gida, gwagwarmaya, da zaɓe." 

Lokacin da aka amince da Kwaskwarima na Goma sha Tara ga Kundin Tsarin Mulki na Amurka a cikin 1920, Labarin Suffrage na Maryland ya daina bugawa. Jaridar Maryland Suffrage News ta ba da shawarar kafa Ƙungiyar Mata Masu Zaɓe ta Maryland, wadda aka shirya a 1921 kuma ba da daɗewa ba ta fara buga Maryland Voter . Edith Houghton Hooker kuma ya zama editan Mujallar Jam'iyyar Mata ta Kasa, The Suffragist, wanda ya fara a cikin 1917 sannan daga baya buga Hakkokin Daidaitawa har zuwa 1934.

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:"Yancin kada kuri’a na mata a Maryland.