Kay Brownbill

Kay Cathrine Millin Brownbill OBE (21 ga Yuli 1914 – 3 ga Fabrairu 2002) ƙwararriyar 'yar jarida ce kuma 'yar siyasa a Ostiraliya. Ta kasance marubuciyar wasan kwaikwayo, 'yar jarida, mai gabatar da shirye-shirye a rediyo da talabijin, marubuciya, kuma mai tallata labarai, tana aiki musamman a Adelaide. Ita ce mace ta farko da aka zaɓa a Majalisar Wakilai ta Kudu kuma ta uku a jimilla, tana wa'adi ɗaya daga 1966 zuwa 1969.

 Rayuwar farko 
An haifi Brownbill a Adelaide a ranar 21 ga Yuli, 1914. Ta kasance yarinya 'yar wasan kwaikwayo a ƙarƙashin sunan "Kitty Brownbill", inda ta fara fitowa a kan dandamali tana da shekaru shida, amma ta daina wasan kwaikwayo bayan ta ji rauni a idon sawunta yayin da take rawa.  Ta halarci Makarantar Sakandare ta Unley  da kwalejojin kasuwanci a Adelaide da Sydney, inda ta sami takardar shaidar tattalin arziki a gida, sannan ta ɗauki darussa a Turanci da kuma yin jawabi a bainar jama'a a Jami'ar Adelaide . 

 Aikin kafofin watsa labarai 
Tun tana ƙarama, Brownbill ta fara rubutu, shiryawa, da kuma yin wasan kwaikwayo a gidajen rediyo a ƙarƙashin sunan "Cathrine Brownbill". Hukumar Watsa Labarai ta Australiya (ABC) ce ta rarraba wasanninta kuma aka watsa su a Kanada, New Zealand, Indiya da Afirka ta Kudu. Wasanta mai suna "Sleep to Wake" - game da Kanar William Light - ya lashe kyauta ta biyu a gasar da The Advertiser ta gudanar kuma an yi shi a bikin cika shekaru 100 da kafa Kudancin Ostiraliya a shekarar 1938. 

Brownbill ta yi aiki na ɗan lokaci a gidan rediyo 2WG da ke Wagga Wagga kafin ta koma Adelaide a shekarar 1939. Ta yi shekaru takwas a 5DN da 5RM, tana riƙe da muƙamin "editar zamantakewa" kuma ta taimaka wajen faɗaɗa sauraron mata a tashar. Daga ƙarshe Brownbill ta koma Sydney don yin aiki a matsayin shugaba a 2GB, wani kamfanin Macquarie Network. A shekarar 1949, ta ƙaura zuwa Ingila na tsawon shekara guda don yin karatu a wata makarantar talabijin.  Bayan dawowarta , The News ta sanar da ita a matsayin "ƙwararriyar talabijin ta farko a Australia".  Daga ƙarshe ta koma fannin hulɗa da jama'a, kuma ta zama mataimakiyar shugabar jiha ta Cibiyar Hulɗa da Jama'a ta Australia.  

 Siyasa 
Brownbill ta kasance mai fafutuka a Liberal da Country League na Kudancin Australia, kuma ta fara tsayawa takarar Majalisar Wakilai a zaben tarayya na 1963. Ta tsaya takara a Sashen Kingston amma dan jam'iyyar Labour mai ci Pat Galvin ne ya rike kujerar. Ta sake tsayawa takararta a 1966, inda ta kayar da Galvin da maki 12.7 yayin da Coalition ta yi nasara da gagarumin rinjaye.[1] Brownbill ita ce mace ta uku da aka zaba a Majalisar Wakilai, bayan Enid Lyons da Doris Blackburn, kuma ta farko daga Kudancin Australia. Ita ce mace ta farko da aka zaba a Majalisar tun 1949, kuma ta farko da ba ta taba zama bazawara ga wani memba na baya ba.[2] A lokacin zabenta, ita ce mace daya tilo ta Kudu ta Australia a majalisar tarayya, amma Sanata Nancy Buttfield ta hade da ita a watan Yulin 1968.[3]

 Manazarta 
Kemp, Miles (16 February 2002). "Remarkable woman of many 'firsts'". The Advertiser.
Rukuni:Mutuwan 2002
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1914