Ruby I. Gilbert

Ruby Irene Gilbert (Disamba 1, 1851 - Agusta 20, 1945) mace ce 'yar kasuwa 'yar Amurka da ke da alaƙa da ƙungiyar fararen fata ta tsawon shekaru 70, musamman ƙungiyar Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU).

 Rayuwar farko da ilimi 
An haifi Ruby Irene Gilbert a Junius, New York, 1 ga Disamba, 1851. Iyayenta asalin New England ne. Iyayenta su ne Silas B. Gilbert (1819–1894) da Julia (née, Gage) (an haife su a 1820). Silas, kamar mahaifinsa da ya gabace shi, malamin Baptist ne kuma ya yi karatu a makarantun gwamnati da makarantun gaba da sakandare na yammacin New York . Ya yi aikin majagaba a Illinois .  Julia shugaba ce a da'irar addini da kame kai. Sadaukarwa da sadaukarwar da iyayenta suka buƙata, suna rayuwa cikin mawuyacin hali na masu yawo, sun burge kansu da 'yarsu. Ta tafi Illinois tare da iyayenta a 1855, kuma an yi renon ta a garin Mendota, Illinois .  'Yan'uwan Ruby sune Herbert (an haife su a 1847), Edwin (an haife su a 1851), Newell (an haife su a 1854), da Nettie (an haife su a 1859). 

Iliminta gaba ɗaya yana cikin makarantun gwamnati ne. A cikin hulɗa daban-daban da ta ci gaba, Gilbert ta sami horo mai zurfi da kuma cikakken horo kan kasuwanci. 

 Sana'a 
Gilbert ta yi aikin malanta a Freeport, Illinois, lokacin da Frances Willard ta yi lacca a can a farkon ƙungiyar mata ta Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, sannan ta fara sha'awar aikin kame kai . Shekaru da yawa, Gilbert ta yi aiki a matsayin sakatariyar rikodi ta WCTU ta Illinois kuma mai kula da lissafin ƙungiyar wallafe-wallafen mata, inda ta sarrafa daga  zuwa  a shekara. 

A shekara ta 1882, Gilbert ta haɗu da Mary Bannister Willard, wacce a wancan lokacin ita ce editan The Union Signal . Tun daga lokacin, Gilbert ta ci gaba da dangantaka mai kyau da Mary Willard, inda ta kuma yi aiki a matsayin wakilinta na shari'a a harkokin kasuwanci a Amurka bayan da aka kafa American School for Girls a Berlin, Jamus, a shekara ta 1885. Gilbert ta raka 'yan mata zuwa makarantar Willard, kuma ta ba da gudummawa ga nasarar wannan kasuwancin. 

 Rayuwa ta sirri 
Gilbert ta mutu a wani gidan hutu a Wilmette, Illinois, a ranar 20 ga Agusta, 1945. A da, tana zaune a Evanston, Illinois a Otal ɗin Monett,  yayin da take zaune a "Hutu Cottage", wanda shine gidan Frances Willard kafin ya zama Hedkwatar Ƙasa ta WCTU. 

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