Maie Bartlett Heard

Maie Bartlett Heard (1868–1951) ƙwararriyar mai tattara kaya ce kuma mai taimakon jama'a da ke zaune a Arizona, wacce ta kafa Gidan Tarihi na Fasaha na Asalin Amurka .   

 Bayani 
An haife ta a ranar 11 ga Yuni, 1868, a Chicago, ga iyayenta Adolphus C. Bartlett da Mary Pitkin. Mahaifinta shi ne shugaban Hibbard Spencer Bartlett & Company, wanda daga baya ya zama True Value Hardware.  Ta hanyar kamfanin mahaifinta ta haɗu da mijinta, Dwight B. Heard . Dwight da Maie sun yi aure a 1893 kuma a 1895 sun yanke shawarar ƙaura zuwa Yamma saboda matsalolin lafiyar Dwight, daga ƙarshe suka zauna a Phoenix, Arizona.  name="antiquesandthearts.com"> Dwight ya zama ɗan kasuwa mai nasara a Phoenix, domin ya zaɓi ya zuba jari a filaye, da kuma kiwon amfanin gona da dabbobi. Shekaru goma sha bakwai bayan ƙaura zuwa Phoenix ya sayi jaridar Republican ta Arizona, wadda daga baya ta zama Jamhuriyar Arizona .  'Yar'uwar Maie Florence Dibell Bartlett ita ma mai tattara fasaha ce musamman masaku, wadda ta ba da gudummawar tarin kayanta ga Gidan Tarihi na Fasahar Jama'a ta Duniya a New Mexico. 
Dwight da Maie sun gina gidansu mai fadin murabba'in ƙafa 6,000, Casa Blanca, a yankin da yanzu ake kira arewacin Phoenix. Dwight da Maie sun nuna sha'awar siyasa kuma galibi suna ɗaukar nauyin tarukan siyasa a gidansu. Baƙi da aka gayyata ba kawai sun haɗa da 'yan siyasa na gida da 'yan kasuwa ba, har ma da 'yan siyasa da aka fi sani kamar su Marshall Field da Harvey S. Firestone . "Heard Museum". Archived from the original  on May 17, 2008. A cikin shawarar da suka yanke na taka rawa a cikin al'ummarsu, Heards sun sami sha'awar tattara kayan tarihi na 'yan asalin Amurka. A cikin 1926, Heards sun sayi wani katafaren gida mai suna La Cuidad . Yawancin kayan da aka samo daga wannan wurin sun ƙunshi tarin farko na Maie kuma sun ƙara rura wutar ƙaunarta ga kayan tarihi na 'yan asalin Amurka waɗanda za su ci gaba har zuwa mutuwarta a 1951. 

 Gidan Tarihi na Heard 
Tarin kayan tarihi na Heards daga ƙarshe ya fi girman sararin da ke Casa Blanca, don haka suka yanke shawarar tsara da gina gidan tarihi a kusa don ɗaukar tarin kayan tarihi. Abin takaici, Dwight Heard ya mutu watanni tara kafin buɗe Gidan Tarihi na Heard a ranar 26 ga Disamba, 1929.

Sha'awar Maie ta ci gaba har tsawon shekaru ashirin da suka gabata, yayin da ta gabatar da al'adun 'yan asalin Amurka ga baƙi na gidan kayan tarihi. Ta ci gaba da neman ƙarin kayan da za a ƙara a cikin tarin kuma za ta ba da rangadin da laccoci kan tarihi da al'adun 'yan asalin Amurka waɗanda fasaharsu ta kasance a cikin gidan kayan tarihi.  Gidan kayan tarihin kansa yanzu ya kai murabba'in ƙafa 130,000, kusan sau 8 girman gidan kayan tarihin na asali a 1929, kuma an san shi a duk duniya saboda tarin kayan tarihi, nunin faifai da bukukuwa. 

 Sauran cibiyoyin Phoenix 
Duk da cewa ƙaunarta ga kayan tarihi na 'yan asalin Amurka ita ce abin da take so, a matsayinta na mai taimakon jama'a Maie ita ma ta taka rawa sosai wajen bayar da gudummawa ga al'ummarta. Ita da sauran membobin ƙungiyar mata ta Phoenix sun yi aiki don tara kuɗi don gina ɗakin karatu a birninsu. A shekarar 1908 aka buɗe ɗakin karatu na Carnegie. Maie da sauran membobin dangin Bartlett suma sun ba da gudummawar eka 6.5 wanda zai zama gidan Civic Center House da kuma wurin motsa jiki na YWCA. Cibiyar jama'a daga baya ta zama Gidan Tarihi na Fasaha na Phoenix .  Maie ta taka rawa sosai wajen haɓaka Gidan Wasan Kwaikwayo na Phoenix Little. A shekarar 1924, Dwight da Maie sun ba da gidan karusa a Casa Blanca ga ƙungiyar masu wasan kwaikwayo, waɗanda za su ci gaba da gudanar da wasanninsu a can har zuwa 1951. 

Maie da sauran mata masu tasiri daga yankin Phoenix sun halarci wani jawabi da Margaret Sanger ta yi, wadda ta bayyana cewa Arizona ita ce ta biyu a ƙasar dangane da mutuwar jarirai da uwaye. Aikinsu mai wahala ya haifar da buɗe asibitin kula da lafiyar uwa na Phoenix a ranar 1 ga Oktoba, 1937. Matan aure yanzu suna da damar hana haihuwa da zaɓuɓɓukan tsarin iyali ba tare da la'akari da iyawarsu na biyan kuɗin ayyukan da aka yi ba. Wannan cibiyar daga baya za ta zama Planned Parenthood na Tsakiya da Arewacin Arizona . 

 Mutuwa da ganewa 
Ƙungiyar Rotary ta Phoenix ta yaba wa gudunmawar Maie ga yaran Phoenix a watan Mayun 1948. Daga baya a wannan shekarar Beta Sigma Phi ta karrama ta da lambar yabo ta Mace ta Shekara ta Arizona. An sanya wa Makarantar Firamare ta Maie Heard da ke Phoenix suna, kuma tana girmama ƙaunarta ga karatu da kuma shiga cikin al'umma. 

Maie ta mutu daidai shekaru 22 bayan mutuwar mijinta Dwight, a ranar 14 ga Maris, 1951. Tana da shekaru 83.

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