Mary Ellen Cottrell

Mary Ellen Cottrell (Agusta 11, 1868 - Disamba 1969) ta kasance mai fafutukar kare haƙƙin jama'a ta Labour da Co-op kuma 'yar siyasa a Birmingham, da kuma a matakin ƙasa.

 Tarihin Rayuwa 
An haifi Cottrell Mary Ellen Bryan a Sheffield, Yorkshire, 'yar Richard da Maria Bryan (wanda aka haifa a matsayin Tester). Ta zama malamar makaranta kuma daga ƙarshe shugabar makaranta. A shekarar 1896, ta auri Frank Cottrell a Ecclesall Bierlow, Yorkshire. Sun zauna a Birmingham, inda aka haifi 'ya'ya maza uku: Frank a shekarar 1897, Wilfred a shekarar 1902, da kuma Norman Bryan a shekarar 1907.

Ta kasance mai himma a cikin ƙungiyar haɗin gwiwa ta gida, tana aiki a matsayin sakatariya ta ƙungiyar mata ta gida, kuma an zaɓe ta a kwamitin ƙungiyar haɗin gwiwa ta Ten Acres da Stirchley (TASCOS) a shekarar 1909 a matsayin mace ta farko da ta yi aiki a wannan matsayin.  Ita ce kuma mace ta farko da ta wakilci Midlands a kwamitin tsakiya na ƙungiyar haɗin gwiwa a shekarar 1917. Ana yaba mata da samun karuwar rabon madara a lokacin yaƙi ga jarirai da mata masu shayarwa da masu juna biyu yayin da take aiki a kwamitin ba da shawara kan madara a shekarar 1918. 

A ranar 6 ga Fabrairu, 1917, an zaɓe ta ba tare da hamayya ba a Majalisar Birnin Birmingham a zaɓen maye gurbin Selly Oak saboda ɗaukaka George Shann zuwa alderman .  Zaɓenta a matsayin 'yar takarar Jam'iyyar Labour ya kasance abin cece-kuce a lokacin; domin aƙalla jami'an ƙungiyar kwadago biyu na gida sun yi fatan a zaɓe ta.  Ita ce kansila mace ta farko ta Labour da ta yi aiki a Majalisar Birnin.  An gabatar da ita ga taron Majalisar ta farko ta Cllr Thomas Hackett a matsayin wadda ta yi wa ƙungiyar Labour hidima sosai a Selly Oak kuma tana da ƙwarewa sosai a ayyukan jama'a.  Zaɓenta ya fara tun kafin ƙaddamar da Jam'iyyar Co-operative Party da wasu watanni, amma daga 1920 ta tsaya takarar Jam'iyyar Labour/Co-op.

Cottrell ta tsaya takarar sake tsayawa takara a shekarar 1920, amma 'yar takarar jam'iyyar Conservative ta kayar da ita. Ta koma Majalisar a watan Disamba na shekarar 1921 a wani zaben maye gurbin kuma ta yi aiki har zuwa 1923.  A shekarar 1922, ta zama mace ta farko da aka zaba a Hukumar Haɗin Gwiwa, inda za ta zama mace tilo da ta jagoranci hukumar tsawon shekaru 37. Ta sauka daga majalisar don mayar da hankali kan ayyukanta na haɗin gwiwa.

A cikin Rijistar 1939, an nuna Cottrell a matsayin wacce ke zaune a gida ɗaya a Oak Tree Lane, Selly Oak kamar lokacin da aka zaɓe ta. An bayyana ta a matsayin bazawara, kuma a matsayin "Darakta CWS (Mai Ritaya)".

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Rukuni:Mutuwan 1969