Burnita Shelton Matthews

Burnita Shelton Matthews (Disamba 28, 1894 - Afrilu 25, 1988) ta kasance alƙali na gundumar Amurka na Kotun Lardi na Amurka na Gundumar Columbia . Ita ce mace ta farko da aka naɗa ta yi hidima a Kotun Lardi ta Amurka .

 Rayuwar farko da ilimi 
An haifi Matthews Burnita Shelton a Burnell,  (wata al'ummar da ba ta da haɗin gwiwa a cikin gundumar Claiborne ), Mississippi, a ranar 28 ga Disamba, 1894.  Mahaifinta mai shuka ne kuma alkali na kotu. Tana John L. Shelton. Bayan ta halarci makarantun gida, ta tafi Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, saboda mahaifinta yana son ta sami damar tallafawa kanta ta kiɗa. makarantar lauya. 

A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na ɗaya, ta ƙaura zuwa Washington, DC, ta ɗauki jarrabawar aikin farar hula, kuma ta sami matsayi a Gwamnatin Tsohon Sojoji . A cikin 1917 ta shiga cikin makarantar dare na Makarantar Shari'a ta ] [ (a yau Makarantar Shari'a ta Jami'ar George Washington ).  Ta sami Digiri na Dokoki a cikin 1919, Jagorar Dokoki a 1920 kuma ta ci jarrabawar mashaya gundumar Columbia a wannan shekarar.  Ta auri lauya Percy A. Matthews. 

 Sana'a 
Matthews ya gamu da juriya; Ƙungiyoyin ƙwararrun lauyoyi maza sun ƙi ta, kuma Ƙungiyar Lauyoyin Gundumar Columbia ta mayar da aikace-aikacenta tare da duba haƙƙoƙi. Matthews da sauran mata sun kafa ƙungiyoyin ƙwararrun nasu, gami da Ƙungiyar Lauyoyin Mata na Gundumar Columbia da Ƙungiyar Lauyoyin Mata ta Ƙasa. 

Bayan da VA ta gaya mata cewa ba za su taba daukar wata lauya a sashen shari'ar su ba, ta kafa kamfanin lauyoyi na Matthews, Berrien, da Greathouse tare da wasu lauyoyi mata guda biyu, wadanda su ma mambobin Jam'iyyar Mata ta Kasa ne kuma za su ci gaba da zama a cikin sirri na doka daga 1920 har zuwa lokacin da aka nada ta a benci na tarayya a 1949.  
Matthews ya yi aiki kafada-da-kafada tare da jam'iyyar 'yan takara ta kasa, ta zama mashawarcin kungiyar tun daga 1921. Ta wakilci jam'iyyar a kokarinta na hana yin Allah wadai da hedkwatarta na Washington daga gwamnatin tarayya; An yi Allah wadai da kasar domin a gina ginin Kotun Koli ta Amurka a wurin. Matthews ya samu nasarar samun sulhu mafi girma da gwamnatin Amurka ta bayar a lokacin, $299,200.  

Bugu da ƙari, Matthews ta kasance mataimakiyar editan Jaridar Lauyoyin Mata daga 1934 zuwa 1935.  Ta kasance farfesa a Kwalejin Shari'a ta Washington a Jami'ar Amirka a Washington, DC daga 1933 zuwa 1939 kuma daga 1942 zuwa 1948. 

 Ma'aikatar shari'a ta tarayya 
Matthews ya sami alƙawari na hutu daga Shugaba Harry S. Truman a ranar 21 ga Oktoba, 1949, zuwa Kotun Lardi na Amurka don Gundumar Columbia, zuwa sabon wurin zama wanda 63 Stat ya kirkira. 493,  ta zama mace ta farko da ta yi aiki a Kotun Lardi na Amurka .   Shugaba Truman ne ya zabe ta a wannan wurin zama a ranar 5 ga Janairu, 1950.   Dattijan Amurka ta tabbatar da ita a ranar 4 ga Afrilu, 1950, kuma ta karɓi hukumar ta a ranar 7 ga Afrilu, 1950.  Ta ɗauki babban matsayi a ranar 1 ga Maris, 1968. Washington, DC 

 Sanannen lokuta 
Matthews ya ji labarai da yawa, ciki har da hana fasfo na ɗan wasan kwaikwayo Paul Robeson da kuma gwajin cin hanci na 1956 na Jimmy Hoffa, babban jami'in Teamster. 

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Mutuwan 1988
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