Cicely McCall

Cicely Alicia Winifred McCall MBE (13 ga Yuli, 1900 - 29 ga Yuli, 2003) 'Yar Birtaniya ce mai gyara gidan yari kuma ma'aikaciyar zamantakewa. Ta buga wani littafi da ke fallasa yanayin da ake ciki a Holloway da kuma a cikin littafin 'borstal' ga 'yan mata. MBE ɗinta ya kasance don lafiyar kwakwalwa wanda shine babban jigon rayuwarta.

 Rayuwa 
An haifi McCall a shekarar 1900 a Kensington . Iyayenta (daga baya Sir) Robert Alfred McCall da Alice Elizabeth, (wanda aka haifa a Macswinney) dukkansu an haife su ne a Ireland. Mahaifinta ya zama Majalisar Sarki kuma babban lauyan masarautar Lancaster . 

A shekarar 1926, tana Masar tana aiki a matsayin sakatariyar shirya taron Ofishin Kula da Cinkoson Mata da Yara na Duniya . A shekarar 1932, ta dawo Birtaniya inda ta fara aiki a matsayin ma'aikaciyar jin dadin jama'a. Ta yi aiki a Landan a karkashin kungiyar agaji ta kungiyar agaji . Ta nuna sha'awarta ga sabon fanni na aikin jin dadin jama'a na tabin hankali kuma Asusun Commonwealth na Amurka ya ba ta kudi don yin kwas da Makarantar Tattalin Arziki ta London ta shirya. A shekarar 1935, ta sami takardar shaidar lafiyar kwakwalwa.  An nada ta a mataimakiyar shugabar makaranta ta Borstal da ke Aylesbury. Ita ce cibiyar 'yan mata ta farko lokacin da aka bude ta a shekarar 1909  sannan gwamna mai gyara hali Lilian Barker ya gudanar da ita.  Aikinta a Aylesbury da kuma daga baya a gidan yarin Holloway ya haifar da abubuwan da ta hada a cikin littafinta na 1934, 'Sun Komawa Kullum'. Ta fallasa yanayin da 'yan mata da mata suka shiga, tana mai lura da cewa yanayin maza da samari ya fi kyau. Ta yi imanin cewa dalilin hakan shine rashin horar da ma'aikata. Ma'aikaciya ce mai ban mamaki domin tana da ilimi da gogewa don rubuta littattafai game da yanayin da ta gani. An lura cewa littafinta bai ambaci wasu nasarori ba. Misali, adadin fursunoni mata yana raguwa. 

A lokacin barkewar Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, ta shiga cikin Cibiyar Mata sosai. A shekarar 1939, taron ƙasa ya gayyaci wani wakili daga Jamus don yin magana. Ta damu ƙwarai amma wakilan sun yi mata maraba da kyau suna cewa ba sa goyon bayan siyasa. Watanni uku bayan haka kuma suna cikin yaƙi. McCall ya rubuta game da ɗaya daga cikin labaran da aka sake bayarwa game da yin jam a WI. Hawkinge WI a Kent an rage ta zuwa mambobi biyar kacal saboda tasirin yaƙin. Sauran mambobi biyar suna da injin gwangwani kuma sun yi jam. Sun yi jam 350kg. A lokacin harin sama, mambobi da suka yi aure sun je wurin mafakar hare-haren sama, amma mamba mara aure ya tsaya don ya tayar da jam. 

A shekarar 1943, ta kasance a Kwalejin Denman inda duk da yaƙin, an yi taron wakilan Cibiyoyin Mata. Ita da Elizabeth [Betty] Kirsimeti (1910-1956) sun shirya wani taro wanda shawarwarinsa za a aika wa William Beveridge wanda rahotonsa aka buga shekara guda da ta gabata. Wakilan sun tattauna batun jin daɗi da tallafin zamantakewa da za a iya samu a Birtaniya bayan yaƙi. McCall ta kasance a wurin saboda aikinta da kwamitin Ilimi yayin da Kirsimeti ita ce mai shirya taron. 

Bayan ta tsaya takarar babban zaɓen 1945 a matsayin 'yar takarar jam'iyyar Labour a Bury St Edmunds, ba tare da ta yi nasara ba.  A shekarar 1946, ta rubuta wata ƙasida mai taken "Rayuwar Ƙauye da Jam'iyyar Labour a yau" wadda ta yaba wa aikin Jam'iyyar Labour. Ɗan ƙaramin ƙasidar ya haɗa da Shahidai na Tolpuddle da kuma tasirin da Hukumar Lafiya ta Ƙasa za ta yi wa rayuwar ƙauye.  McCall ta tafi aiki a matsayin ma'aikaciyar jin daɗin tabin hankali a Asibitin St Audry . Ta sake tsayawa takara ba tare da nasara ba a matsayin 'yar takarar majalisar dokoki kuma ta zauna a Asibitin St Audry har zuwa 1955. Ita ce mai kula da Kwalejin Denman ta Cibiyar Mata daga 1957 zuwa 1959. 

A bikin tunawa da ranar haihuwa ta 1973, ta zama memba na Mafi Kyawun Tsarin Daular Burtaniya sakamakon aikinta bayan ta yi ritaya a Norfolk. Ta kafa ƙungiyar Norfolk da Norwich Association for Mental Health. 

A shekarar 1994, ta buga tarihin rayuwarta, "Loking Back from the Casa'inies". 

McCall ta mutu a Dunston a shekarar 2003. Shekaru uku kafin ta halarci wani hidima a Cathedral na St Paul inda Sarauniya Uwargida ta shiga hidimar tare da wasu waɗanda suka cika shekaru 100. 

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Matattun 2003
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1900