Ann Walker

Ann Walker (20 ga Mayu 1803 - 25 ga Fabrairu 1854) mace ce ta Ingila, ta yi aure a bikin auren lesbian na farko da aka sani a Burtaniya, ga mai ba da labari da kuma ɗan'uwan Yorkshire Anne Lister . An yi bikin hadin gwiwar su ta hanyar ɗaukar sacrament tare a ranar Lahadi ta Easter a 1834 a Ikilisiyar Triniti Mai Tsarki, Goodramgate, York, wanda ke ɗauke da takardar tunawa da abin da ya faru. Walker ta gaji rabin dukiyar iyalinta, Crow Nest, wanda ke Lightcliffe, West Yorkshire, kusa da Shibden Hall, gidan dangin Lister, a Calderdale. Mata biyu sun gaji dukiyarsu a farkon karni na 19, lokacin da haihuwa, al'adar bayar da ƙasashe da dukiya ga ɗan da ya fi tsufa, ya mamaye dokar Turai da al'umma. Suna tafiya zuwa kasashen waje tare lokacin da Lister ya yi rashin lafiya kuma ya mutu. Bincike a cikin litattafan su da wasiƙun sun nuna cewa Walker na iya fuskantar damuwa da baƙin ciki a cikin ɓangarorin rayuwarta.

 Rayuwa ta farko 
An haifi Ann Walker a ranar 20 ga Mayu 1803 a Lightcliffe, West Riding na Yorkshire ga John da Mary Walker (née Edwards).  An yi mata baftisma a ranar 1 ga Yulin 1803 a Old St Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe kuma ta rayu farkon shekarunta a Cliffe Hill tare da iyayenta, 'yan uwanta Mary da Elizabeth, da ƙaramin ɗan'uwanta John, har sai iyalinta suka koma Crow Nest lokacin da take 'yar shekara shida. 'Yar'uwar Ann Mary ta mutu a ranar 1 ga Fabrairu 1815. Ann tana da shekaru 19 lokacin da mahaifinta ya mutu a ranar 22 ga Afrilu 1823, kuma mahaifiyarta ta mutu daga baya a wannan shekarar a ranar 3 ga Nuwamba 1823, lokacin da Ann ke da shekaru 20. Ɗan'uwan Ann John ya gaji Crow Nest, dukiyar iyali. A farkon Nuwamba 1828, 'yar'uwar Ann Elizabeth ta auri Kyaftin George Mackay Sutherland kuma ta koma Ayrshire. Daga baya, bayan mutuwar ɗan'uwansu John yayin da yake kan hutun amarya a Naples, Italiya a 1830, Ann da 'yar'uwarta Elizabeth sun zama magada na Crow Nest Estate, suna ba da wadata mai yawa. Ann ta ci gaba da zama a Crow Nest ta hanyar shekaru 20, har zuwa 1831, lokacin da ta koma Lidgate, ƙaramin gida a kan dukiyar. A Lidgate ne Anne Lister ta fara neman Ann bayan sake haduwa a ranar 6 ga Yulin 1832. 

 Aure 
Walker da Lister sun zama maƙwabta lokacin da Lister ya koma Shibden Hall a 1815, amma sun haɗu ne kawai a wasu lokuta. Ba sai a shekara ta 1832 ba ne ma'aurata suka shiga cikin dangantaka ta soyayya da jima'i.Liddington, Jill (2003). Nature's Domain: Anne Lister and the Landscape of Desire. Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire: Pennine Pens. ISBN 1873378483. Retrieved 11 November 2019. Dangantakarsu ta kara tsanantawa a cikin 'yan watanni masu zuwa. Walker da Lister sun yi alkawari a ranar 10 ga Fabrairu 1834,  ranar da suka yi la'akari da jami'in ƙungiyarsu, kuma sun musayar zobe a ranar 27 ga Fabrairun 1834  a matsayin alamar sadaukarwarsu ga juna. Sun yi tarayya tare a Cocin Triniti Mai Tsarki, Goodramgate, York a ranar Lahadi na Easter (30 Maris) a cikin 1834 don rufe haɗin su, suna la'akari da kansu da aure. Ginin yanzu yana nuna alamar bakan gizo ta tunawa. Walker ta bar gidanta don kasancewa tare da Lister kuma ta koma Shibden Hall, gidan kakannin Lister, game da Satumba 1834. Ma'auratan sun yi tafiya tare har zuwa mutuwar Lister, mai shekaru 49, a Georgia a 1840.  Walker ya tura jikin Lister, watanni shida  ta ƙasa da teku, ya koma Ingila don a binne Lister a cikin coci ɗaya kamar yadda ƙaunatacciyar kawunta da kawunta a Halifax. Shirin Lister ya ba Walker sha'awar rayuwa a Shibden Hall da dukiyarsa.

 Bangaskiya da taimakon jama'a 
Bangaskiyar Anglican ta Walker tana da mahimmanci a gare ta, kamar yadda ayyukanta na jin kai suka kasance. Ta yi ibada a kai a kai a Cocin St Matthew a Lightcliffe a duk rayuwarta, kuma tana karanta addu'o'i da nassi ga iyalinta da bayin a ranakun Lahadi. Walker tana son yara kuma ta kirkiro makarantar Lahadi. Ta kula sosai da bayanta da masu haya, kamar yadda wasiƙun da aka rubuta a gida suka nuna yayin da take tafiya zuwa kasashen waje a cikin 1839-1840, inda ta lissafa kyaututtuka da ya kamata a ba kowannensu don Kirsimeti ba tare da ita ba.  

 Lafiyar kwakwalwa 
Walker ta yi gwagwarmaya da matsalolin lafiyar kwakwalwa a duk rayuwarta. Tana da damuwa da baƙin ciki, wanda ya bayyana a wani bangare don alaƙa da bangaskiyarta ta addini. Walker ta yi ƙoƙari ta yarda da jima'i, wanda ya kara damuwa a kan lafiyar hankalinta da kuma dangantakarta da Lister. A ranar 1 ga Nuwamba 1832, Walker ya fuskanci yanke shawara mai wuya don zaɓar kasancewa tare da Lister ko karɓar auren gargajiya tare da mutum: 

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