Beatrice Mary MacDonald

**Beatrice Mary MacDonald**, ARRC (27 ga Satumba, 1881 - 4 ga Satumba), yarinya ce 'yar asalin Kanada wacce ta yi aiki a cikin Sojojin Sojojin Amurka a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na I. A ranar 4 ga Janairu, 1936, ta sami Purple Heart don raunin yaƙi a lokacin Yaƙi na Duniya, wanda ya sa ta zama mace ta farko da ta karɓi kyautar.  MacDonald kuma tana ɗaya daga cikin mata huɗu da suka karɓi Kyautar Sabis ta Amurka saboda jaruntakarta a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na . Sauran kyaututtuka don jaruntakarta sun haɗa da Croix de Guerre na Faransa (Bronze), lambar yabo ta Sojojin Burtaniya don jaruntaka, lambar yabo ta Royal Red Cross (Class na Biyu), da lambar yabo ta Amurka.

## Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi
An haifi MacDonald a cikin al'ummar Arewacin Bedeque a Tsibirin Prince Edward a Kanada .  Ta koma Birnin New York don ci gaba da karatunta kuma ta kammala karatu daga Makarantar Nursing ta Asibitin New York City.

## Yaƙin Duniya na I
MacDonald ya shiga cikin Sojojin Sojojin Amurka a cikin 1917 tare da ƙungiyar daga Asibitin Presbyterian .  Ta yi aiki a Faransa a British Casualty Clearing Station No. 61.  A ranar 17 ga watan Agusta, 1917, MacDonald ya ji rauni a lokacin wani hari na Jamus a kan layin gaba a lokacin Yaƙin Ypres na uku.

Duk da ci gaba da bombardment na Jamus, abokin aikin MacDonald Helen Grace McClelland ya dakatar da zubar da jini a fuskarta, ya ba ta damar kwashe ta zuwa cibiyar kula da ido ta Sojojin Amurka a Boulogne, Faransa. Likitocin da ke wurin ba su iya hana asarar daya daga cikin idanunta ba, amma ta dage kan komawa aiki makonni shida bayan haka. A watan Mayu 1918, MacDonald ya koma aiki a kan gaba a matsayin babban ma'aikacin asibitin Evacuation No. 2, yana aiki a can har zuwa Janairu 1919. 

## Karramawa da kyaututtuka
MacDonald ta sami lambar yabo ta Distinguished Service Cross daga Majalisa ta Amurka a ranar 27 ga Fabrairu, 1919, wanda ya sa ta zama mace ta farko da ta karbi kyautar kuma ɗaya daga cikin mata uku kawai a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na . [1][2] Sauran kyaututtuka a lokacin don jaruntakarta sun haɗa da Croix de Guerre na Faransa (Bronze), lambar yabo ta Sojojin Burtaniya don jaruntaka, lambar yabo ta Royal Red Cross (Class na Biyu), da lambar yabo ta Amurka.[3][1][4]

### Gicciye na Sabis
*Shugaban Amurka, wanda Dokar Majalisa ta ba da izini, 9 ga Yuli, 1918, yana jin daɗin gabatar da Distinguished Service Cross ga Ma'aikacin Ma'aikata Beatrice Mary MacDonald, Sojojin Ma'aikatan Ma'aikata na Amurka, don jaruntaka ta musamman yayin da yake aiki tare da Ma'aikatan Nurses, A.E.F. (An haɗa shi), yayin da yake aikin tare da ƙungiyar tiyata a British Casualty Clearing Station No. 61, British Area, 17 ga Agusta 1917. A lokacin wani hari na dare na Jamus Nurse MacDonald ya ci gaba a matsayinta na aiki, yana kula da marasa lafiya da wadanda suka ji rauni har sai bam din Jamus ya ji musu rauni sosai, don haka ya rasa ido daya.*

### Zuciya mai launin Purple
Bayan Janar Douglas MacArthur ya kirkiro Purple Heart don raunin yaƙi, MacDonald ya nemi kuma ya karɓi Purple Heart na farko da aka ba mace, a ranar 4 ga Janairu, 1936.  Ta hanyar ranar da ta ji rauni da ranar da ta samu lambar yabo, ita ce mace ta farko da aka ba ta kyautar Purple Heart . 

## Rayuwa ta baya
A shekarunta na baya, MacDonald ta zauna a Manhattan. Ta mutu a ranar 4 ga Satumba, 1969 kuma an binne ta da cikakken girmamawa na soja a Kabari na Kasa na Long Island . 

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